Smile

Don’t tell me smile
Don’t tell me perform
Don’t tell me be quiet
Don’t tell me conform
Don’t tell me to calm down
While you’re causing the storm

I am not you
You are not me
I am complete
Leave me be

Why don’t *YOU* smile?
Why don’t *YOU* dance?
Why don’t *YOU* shut up
And give me a chance?

We aren’t your monkeys
This is not your big top
No debt is owed
Make it fucking stop
You don’t own the music
You don’t call the drop

You never change
You never bend
But what you demand
Never fucking ends

Why don’t *YOU* smile?
Why don’t *YOU* dance?
Why don’t *YOU* shut up
And give me a chance?

A price on my head
A cost on my soul
You want me obedient
You want me controlled
Every demand has a price
You will pay the toll

Why don’t *YOU* smile?
Why don’t *YOU* dance?
Why don’t *YOU* shut up
And give me a chance?
You want me smaller
So you can feel tall
Either help me stand
Or get out of my way

Don’t tell me to fucking smile.