I was young and blind

My mind compliant clay

So now I've become what you made me be

And locked what I could've been away

 

You had me going for a while

I almost lost myself

I'd been doing the best I could

With the shitty hand I was dealt

 

Yes I'm chained

I'm caged

But I'm begging for a fight

My pain

Now rage

Agony sharpens sight

 

You spat in my smile when I misbehaved

I'd danced upon the lines you drew to mark my grave

Finally you are dismayed

That I'm alive

Now I dare you to face me

I challenge you to survive

 

I've been sprinting for so long

And getting nowhere fast

But I hope you know your puppet show

is running low on cast

 

Now I know how to break you

And these shackles of mine

I'm ready to breathe in air

Instead of sweaty coward lies

 

Yes I've changed

My ways

I know that hearing this is hell

Now I

Am in control

I'm aching to rebel

 

It's funny how before you thought I was a joke

You branded me your prey who was just short of losing hope

Accusing me of changing

I'm happy to reply

I have the same face, same mask

but a different glow

is breaking through my eyes

 

Not just a cry from the prisoner,

a desperate escapee

But also an anthem of the captive

who, for the first time, can live and be.