Real Life...
Sanitarium (Welcome Home)
By Metallica
Welcome to where time stands still
No one leaves and no one will
Moon is full, never seems to change
Just labeled mentally deranged
Dream the same thing every night
I see our freedom in my sight
No locked doors, no windows barred
No things to make my brain seem scarred
Sleep my friend and you will see
That dream is my reality
They keep me locked up in this cage
Can't they see it's why my brain says rage
Sanitarium, leave me be
Sanitarium, just leave me alone
Build my fear of what's out there
And cannot breathe the open air
Whisper things into my brain
Assuring me that i'm insane
They think our heads are in their hands
But violent use brings violent plans
Keep him tied, it makes him well
He's getting better, can't you tell?
No more can they keep us in
Listen, damn it, we will win
They see it right, they see it well
But they think this saves us from our hell
Sanitarium, leave me be
Sanitarium, just leave me alone
Sanitarium, just leave me alone
Fear of living on
Natives getting restless now
Mutiny in the air
Got some death to do
Mirror stares back hard
Kill, it's such a friendly word
Seems the only way
For reaching out again
This is what culture tries to do to us. We don't see the locks and bars it puts on us. These are the labels, the roles, the stereotypes that culture expects us to conform to. For some, these things can be helpful, but they're only helpful as long as they don't control us and keep us from being fully who we are. If they restrict us and hold us back, it's time to rise up and overthrow what culture expects. We need to be free to be who we are, not what others want us to be. Any culture, even subcultures that aren't anything like the predominant culture, can restrict us and hold us back.
~Bethany