Broken Glass

Miseducation

They say school's supposed to prepare you
For life
As though the first 18 years are a free trial

They say school's supposed to teach you that any things possible
Then they taught us the opposite

They say school's supposed to encourage teams and social communications
But all we learned was how much we dreaded group work

They say school's supposed to encourage imagination and individuality
So they tell us what to write, draw, and wear

When we were kids we saw dragons and castles
Now we see cars and houses

When we were kids we fought against aliens and zombies
Now we're fighting depression and suicide

When we were kids anything was possible
Now we're fighting to get to tomorrow

They always said school was going to teach us education
But why did they kill our imagination in the process

So many years of education yet nobody ever taught us how to love ourselves or why it's important