Defenses.

" Why no one will help me?

I am too dumb, I am too smart

They'll not understand me

I am lonely, they'll hate me

And there is not enough time

It's too hard to help me

And God wants me to work No resting, no lazy

These excuses

How they've served me so well

They've kept me safe

They've kept me stoic

They've kept me locked in my own cell

I'm too far from home

It takes far too much energy

And I cannot afford to one will ever see me

These excuses

How they served me so well

They've kept me safe

They've kept me stoic

They've kept me locked inside myself

These excuses

How they're so familiar

They've kept me blocked

They've kept me small

They've kept me safe inside my shell

Bringing this into the light

Shakes their foundation and it clears my side

Now my imaginationIs the only thing that limits

The bar that is raised to the heights

No one can have it all

See, I have to, they want me to

And I can't let them down

I will never be happy

These excuses

How they served me so well

They've kept me safe

They've kept me stucked

They've kept me locked in my own cell

These excuses

How they're so familiar

They've kept me blocked

They've kept me small

They've kept me safe inside my shell "

(Excuses - Alanis Morissette)