Male Gaze

it's when a smile becomes a stare and it starts to burn

it's when you ask him to knock it off and he doesn't learn

the sad routine doesn't change if he's broke or a millionaire

there's no getting through, that's how it is

he's never had to care

it's when you're judged before you even get to speak a word

it's when you make the smartest point and it goes unheard

i'm not innocent - i'm guilty

i'm not innocent - but i'm sorry

it's just the male gaze - it's in me i know it

i feel it all around me - i wish i could destroy it

yeah it's the male gaze - i've had it forever

and i know i'm no angel, but i'm trying to kill it

it's when you're judged in every way before you have arrived

it's pounded down every day since you've been alive

you quiet down and bite your lip in the face of total fools

it's never worth the punishment of breaking social rules

i'm not innocent - i'm guilty

i'm not innocent - but i'm sorry

i'm not innocent - i plead guilty

i'm not innocent - but i'm trying