Break Lyrics
Unknown to those outside
My body has contained and suppressed
And swallowed and abetted
Oh I am a stranger to myself
Beneath altruism dwells
A force uncontended
A voice that is tempered
To boiled and unhindered
I am not some Mother theresa
If I don't say something soon
I will break from the weight of the high road I take
No
Some room to unravel
I need a chance to blame for two minutes
Unbridled, unbrazened
So I need imaginings of maiming
Fantasies of outright screaming
I need a chance to thrash for minutes
Uncontained, unforgiving
I am not some Mother theresa
If I don't do something soon
I will die from restraint
As a sick subjugate
No
The sooner I go the quicker I'll be back
I would not threaten or cause you any harm
Have to get this out or my light will go out
I am not some Mother theresa
If I don't do something soon
I will die from restraint
As a sick subjugate
"Indeed I need my chance to fail" should be "...chance to flail"
Also, I keep hearing "swallowed and abetted a lie", but not too sure about that.
Al is =supremely= aware of her own impulsivities, especially those to try to fix a world full of culturally induced mental illness. Al can think about her own thinking (the pshrinks call this "metacognition"). She knows her attachment-seeking inner child wants to rescue anyone who'll listen to her try to explain how to stop pressing the bogus reward levers and get out of our electrified-floor Skinner Boxes (look it up).
In "Break," she's trying to work through this (again). She may never get "all the way there," of course, but that's fine with me. I learn more every time she goes to bat again on pretty much any of her favorite "interpersonal dynamics" topics, and I'd hate to see her lose her motivation.
love this song!!!