Protest The Hero 08 - Turn Soonest To The Sea Lyrics

Do you remember how it was when you bled
When you loved and burned
In those flames that you've kept
Because Vesta's long been sleeping
And now you've come to accept that
Your anatomy defines more than a few
Of the gaping holes in our social fabric
More than a few one-night stands
More than a few prison bars
Melted into wedding bands

We've made you all the peasants
And we've made ourselves the kings
Our queens are still subordinate
As an angel without wings
We make it easy to belong
Which means it's easy to be wrong
Put some plastic in your t__s
And you'd look better as a blonde

I remember when you were hopeful
And you never thought your life
Would be lived inside a coffin
With a moral sacrifice
And a million social obligations
Labels and expectations
You were young and modern seventeen in vogue
And vague pursuit of a cosmopolitan dream
When you bled on the bed
As you fed those expectations
As a w____ and not a human
You embraced with hesitation
The perimeters of all you can be
Not a mother, not an aunt
Not a sister who's not subdued
Because dignity's not physical
And your flesh means more than you
Your flesh means more than you
Your flesh means more than you
Your flesh means more than you
Your flesh means more than you
I know we'll wake up one day
With a gun to the back of our brains
You'll be asking for your rib
And I'll smile and call you brave
Maybe someday when this b_____ skull has dried
I'll know our city is in ruins
And the greatest source of pride
Is a monument of d___s and ribs
And gender crowns we wore
Where underneath, a plaque will read
No woman is a w____