Let Me Go!

Why do you hate me?
What have I done?
No, you don’t hate
You simply don’t care

If you hated, I’d be happy
If you hated, I could fight back
I could protect myself
Against my own blood

You don’t think of me
Don’t think of what I am
You do not what’s best
Just what you think is fun

I don’t know shy it is
That you find sick joy
In seeing me writhe and bleed
Profusely from my soul

I try to fight back
In a battle fought unfairly
You abuse all of your power
Against me, your firstborn son

Where is the love?
Or is there any there at all?
Do you see that I am saddened?
And why can’t you just help?

I try to rise up
To overcome you, tyrant
But at the top of the ladder
All I see is you

If happiness is family
And family is you
Then I’d rather be depressed
For the kin I have is you

I want out!
Let me go!
Let me run free,
Let me break open these heavy chains!

Why won’t you let me?
I need to escape!
My life underneath your feet
Is nothing but hurtful shame

You beat down upon me
Don’t care how much I hurt
I hate you all so much
With all my aching heart!

I do not want to feel this
This agonizing pain
But I see that you don’t care
And always block my escape

Is there no way to tell you
All the things that I must say?
No, I’m being silly
There’s no way you will listen