You don't even have to see me
I simply wish to exist
I can't keep playing a part
Reading lines from someone else's script
I've spent my whole life living out of boxes
So I won't be put back into one
Keep all your labels, don't need a descriptor
To tell me who I will become
I've spent far too long unpacking these boxes
To let you put me into one
Some people wish for the world
Others wish to be a part of it
Don't need your permission to breathe
Stop trying to write my own narrative
I've spent my whole life living out of boxes
So I won't be put back into one
Keep all your labels, don't need a descriptor
To tell me who I will become
I've spent far too long unpacking these boxes
To let you put me into one
Breaking out
I'm breaking out
Breaking out
I'm breaking out
Enough of these boxes
I won't be put back into one
credits
from gold in repair,
released August 5, 2022
Producer: John Hanifin
Mixing Engineer: David Rosenthal
Mastering Engineer: Robert L. Smith
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