Statue In The Square

Well

Either I'm nice on the eye

Or this person that's passing me by has never seen one like me before

We endure it, keep reaching for it

Knee deep, we keep pouring, life force in a formless void

We're too gorgeous

Dwarf the whole street when we walk

Are you transported?

I cherish the ones who support us

Fear takes from us, but love restores us

You are not the sum of the things you do wrong

In the eyes of someone who does not understand you

It's not a disorder or a dysfunction

Disgusting the way they discuss us

But just 'cause a person's not decent to me

Don't mean they're not decent to someone

The norm is not normal, it's a construction

Designed to stifle the inner life and increase production

They never wanted people like me round here

But when I'm dead

They'll put my statue in the square

They used to tell their children not to stare

But when I'm dead

They'll put my statue in the square, yeah

They're ten a penny, we're rare

And when we're dead

They'll put our statues in the square

They can shake their heads in despair

But we been here from the start

And we ain't going nowhere

Spent my life trying to do things your way

Normal didn't feel right

Trapped in a shrinking hallway

Till it got too tight

Deep breath, fresh air when I broke the surface

Yes, we've all lost lovers, what's sad is a lost purpose

Reclaim it, reframe it

Rename it something more fitting

Contain it, champagne it

Complaining never did nothing

But hitting the ground running's a start

Hold your position

Tape it up, tuck it and love it beyond condition

Watching the city surrender to rain

I remember to live is to change

I don't pray for the end of my pain

I pray for the strength to weather it

Paused on the brink of a gaping precipice

Hesitant, derelict slow from the sedative

Terrified people never stop asking where the treasure is

I'm like everything's relative

So don't be surprised when they shield their eyes

What they fear's a reflection of their own minds

They reveal themselves in their dead headlines, it's fine

We don't need permission to shine

They never wanted people like me round here

But when I'm dead

They'll put my statue in the square

They used to tell their children not to stare

But when I'm dead

They'll put my statue in the square, yeah

They're ten a penny, we're rare

And when we're dead

They'll put our statues in the square

They can shake their heads in despair

But we been here from the start

And we ain't going nowhere