My Escape
by Nadine Nader
My escape are the letters.
My escape are the letters of any keyboard.
My escape are the letters of any keyboard,
because as soon as I get my fingers on them they start running.
As soon as I get my fingers on them they start running
like they are being followed with sticks.
As soon as I get my fingers on them they start running
like they are being followed with sticks, getting ready to be beaten down.
Getting ready to be beat down because they should not be free.
Getting ready to be beat down because they should not be free to write and express.
They should not be free to write and express their emotions and thoughts.
They should not be free to write and express their emotions and thoughts,
because they will be judged.
They will be judged for how they feel, and how they think.
They will be judged for how they feel, and how they think,
because in this world we live in, you are judged for being free.
In this world we live in you are judged for being free
because there are supposed to be rules and limits.
In this world we live in you are judged for being free
because there are supposed to be rules and limits that tell you how to think,
that tell you how to feel.
Rules and limits that tell you how to think, that tell you how to feel
because some people want order.
Rules and limits that tell you how to think, that tell you how to feel
because some people want order so that the their traditions don't fail.
So that their traditions don't fail and their faiths don't get doubted.
So that their traditions don't fail and their faiths don't get doubted,
so they can control the way people live.
So that they control the way people live, and the way people think.
So that they control the way people live, and the way people think,
so they can run things their way.
You know what I say to that?
You know what I say to that? I say no!
You know what I say to that? I say no. I say I will live the way I want.
I say I will live the way I want. I will think the way I want.
I say I will live the way I want. I will think the way I want. I will let my fingers run.
I will let my fingers run, and let my fingers express what I'm thinking
and what I am feeling.
I will let my fingers run, and let my fingers express what I'm thinking
and what I am feeling, because my emotions and my thoughts,
Because my emotions and my thoughts don't go by rules or limits.
Because my emotions and my thoughts don't go by rules or limits,
because they are bigger.
They are bigger than me, they are bigger than you.
They are bigger than me, they are bigger than you,
and they are bigger than any tradition or any belief.
So that is why I escape.
That is why my escape are the letters of any keyboard.
That is why my escape are the letters of any keyboard,
because as soon as I get my fingers on them they start running.
They start running, and expressing, and it makes me feel free.
They start running, and expressing, and it makes me feel free,
freer then I can ever feel in my life.