you tell me who and where and when and how I should love
you say that all your rules come from high up above
everything I want to do and be is a sin
you hold me down and chain me again and again
you try to control what I do and say
and keep me in a cage each and every day

it's not fair
my deviation
keeps me away from your face
oh once I was an outcast
but now I've found my place

you're sitting in the back and watching what I do
everybody's focus has to be on you
you've got to make me feel weak so that you feel strong
everything about you is completely wrong
you just can't control what I do and say
I break away from you more and more each day

I don't care
my deviation
damns me in your eyes
oh once I did it your way
but now the path is mine

you know you'll never change
you'll always be the same
you're always bringing pain and strife
it's such a crying shame
it shouldn't be this way
you shouldn't go on ruining life

everywhere
my deviation
keeps me away from your chains
oh once I was your captive
but now I have escaped