We tell our kids
To listen well
To write well
To smile well

We tell our kids
To wave well
To play well
Behave well

We tell our kids
To be well
They're not well
They're in hell

We tell our kids
So many things
Untrue
We do

We teach our kids
To say they're fine
When pain wells up
Behind their eyes

We chop up
Unique shapes
To make a
Square, cut in squares

Our kids
Forgot themselves
Because we
Forgot ourselves

They knew
Who they were
We knew
Who we were
We all did
We all did
When we're kids
We listened well
We wrote well
We smiled well

We were told
To wave well
To play well
Behave well

We were told
To be well
We were not well
We were in hell

We were told
So many things
Untrue
It's true

We were taught to say
That we were fine
When pain welled up
Behind our eyes

We were
Unique shapes
Now we're squares
Cut in squares
We all forgot ourselves
So our kids forgot themselves
They knew who they were
We knew who we were

We all did
We all did

We were kids