What They Said - Rusty Cage

I left my home for the weekend

And the safety of my bed

My life is secure, my opinions validated

I feel special in my head

The world outside seems so shitty

All the people try to bring me down

I thought that I was perfect

And I thought that they would accept me

But instead, they only try to offend

I can’t believe what they said

Well, sometimes criticism is given

It’s the one true fact about the world we live in

You can choose to accept or reject critique

There’s a risk that you take every time you speak

If you shout your opinions in a public place

Well, then they might just shout right back in your face

If you think that you’re safe, guess again, my friend

Because sometimes life’s just got to offend

My mother told me she loved me

And she’d always hold my hand

She told me that my feelings were

The only thing that mattered

But nobody seems to understand

Not everything is gonna be about you

'Cause the world keeps turning, whether with or without you

You can cry your griefs about what you believe

But don’t expect anyone to see the way you see

Don’t expect anyone to feel the way you feel

When the flack that you’re fed is a three course

Offense is never given, it can only be taken

When the age of outrage comes to break you down

All the agendered, bigendered, non and cis gendered

Pan, demisexual, trans, and misgendered

Plantkin, otherkin, dragons and therions

Muslims, satanists, jews and christians

Black skin, white skin, yellow and brown

We all got people trying to put us down

A word is only strong as the power we give it

We can censor it out, or we can learn to live with it

I left my home for the weekend

I left the safety of my comfortable bed

I had to talk to people different from me

And I just can’t believe what they said

I can’t believe what they said