Male Gaze

it's when a smile becomes a stare and it starts to burn
 it's when you ask him to knock it off and he doesn't learn
 the sad routine doesn't change if he's broke or a millionaire
 there's no getting through, that's how it is
 he's never had to care
 it's when you're judged before you even get to speak a word
 it's when you make the smartest point and it goes unheard
 i'm not innocent - i'm guilty
 i'm not innocent - but i'm sorry
 it's just the male gaze - it's in me i know it
 i feel it all around me - i wish i could destroy it
 yeah it's the male gaze - i've had it forever
 and i know i'm no angel, but i'm trying to kill it
 it's when you're judged in every way before you have arrived
 it's pounded down every day since you've been alive
 you quiet down and bite your lip in the face of total fools
 it's never worth the punishment of breaking social rules
 i'm not innocent - i'm guilty
 i'm not innocent - but i'm sorry
 i'm not innocent - i plead guilty
 i'm not innocent - but i'm trying