You've done all that they've told you,
You've cashed in all their checks,
They've made you into something new,
Your old self you'll forget.
You've stepped into the pumps they wear,
You've shimmied into their dress,
The dumbed-down lingo you now share,
You no longer look your mess.
They've shaped you into something else,
Now all you'll do is blend,
Among others you sit upon 'the' shelf-
In a world of make-pretend.
And while you tried to find your worth-
Among robots in the sea,
You let them strip of you of all you were-
And what you'd meant to me.
