Lyrics
You're just walking round your little mazes figuring out how to get by,
You are navigating through life's challenges, trying to find solutions.
How to get laid and get famous, get yourself paid, impress the guys.
Focus on pursuing romantic and social success, financial gain, and gaining approval from others.
You think you're thinking for yourself
You believe you make independent decisions.
But when you get on the subway's most crowded part just to stand behind a
Engaging in actions that mimic social norms, like standing close to someone on a crowded subway.
Girl
Specifically standing behind a girl on the subway, highlighting a stereotypical behavior.
Then you are just a robot, executing a program.
Comparing the individual to a robot, implying a lack of genuine thought or emotion.
You are just a robot, an imitation of a man
Reiterating the idea that the person is behaving mechanically, not authentically human.
You're taught to divide the world into buddies and wives, sluts and wimps;
Learned behavior of categorizing people into specific roles based on societal expectations.
And ever since, you've kept a scorecard - how else to prove you're such
Keeping track of personal achievements or conquests to validate one's worth.
The pimp.
Taking pride in exploiting others for personal gain.
You think you're thinking for yourself
Repeating the theme of perceived independent thought.
But when you when you can't get any the consentual way so you decide to
Attempting to obtain something forcefully when consent is not granted.
Use some force
Condemning such actions as robotic, lacking true human understanding.
Then you are just a robot, executing a program.
Reiterating the robotic nature of resorting to forceful measures.
You are just a robot, an imitation of a man
Emphasizing the dehumanizing aspect of such behavior.
She told me one night when we were lying quiet and cold, something not
Introducing a personal narrative about a troubled relationship.
Right.
Indicating a sense of unease or discomfort in the relationship.
It had been months since the good times, once there was sun, now there was
Describing a period of darkness and challenges in the relationship.
Night.
Highlighting the shift from good times to difficult times.
And she said to me as she turned on the light,
Starting a dialogue between two individuals about an undisclosed issue.
"there's something you don't know keeps me from feeling right.
Expressing that there's something undisclosed affecting emotional well-being.
I once knew a guy, I'd seen him around.
Introducing a character from the speaker's past.
He knew all my friends, he came from town.
Providing background information about the person.
One night at a party, we both were there,
Recalling a specific incident at a party involving the speaker and the mentioned person.
He followed me into the bathroom, he grabbed my hair,"
Describing an unsettling experience of harassment in the bathroom.
And she said "I still remember just how the floor felt and how my head
Sharing the emotional impact of the traumatic event.
Would hit the tub."
Describing vivid memories of the traumatic incident.
Now where is that robot, put a stake through my true love
Expressing a desire for justice or retribution against the person responsible.
Where is that robot, should get struck down from above
Reiterating the desire for consequences for the perpetrator.
You are just a robot, executing a program, an imitation of a man
Summarizing the robotic nature of harmful actions, again emphasizing lack of humanity.
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