Only know what I'm told, only know what I'm told
Fast asleep daydreaming
Start to push, break your own glass ceiling
Can't count, can't catch the pieces falling

Who let it end up on the ground
How am I gonna know you're letting me down
How did I end up on the ground

Only do what I'm told, only do what I'm told
Last to leave cold calling
You're gonna lose your arms, amputate plasticine
There's no knight in silver armor shining

Who let it end up on the ground
How am I gonna know I'm letting you down
Who let it end up on the ground
How did he end up on the ground
Face down on the ground

Only go where I'm told, only know what I'm told
Inch to inches crowding
We can't leave, it's the last road open
Every speed on our knees is crawling


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    I think it's about breaking the rules that we live by, but they were made up by someone else and most of us are scared to fight against them. Glass ceiling represents those rules - it may be transparent but we still feel we're trapped under it. No one is able to save us, even the knight in silver armor. Liberation dependson us, but hesitation and fear is slowing down the process.

    It may be also a story of a girl/wife, who always stood by her boyfriend/husband and thought she's safe in this relationship. But one day her happy life broke into pieces and she's seeking answer who's to blame: she (the perfect one?) or her significiant other.

    pchelarockson December 25, 2005   Link

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