Not Normal

You were taught as a child that pain makes you strong, Swallow it down, keep quiet, move along, Real strength, they said, means never showing pain, But maybe that's a lie, a leash and a chain. It's easier to rule you once you learn to endure, Forgot how to ask, forgot to be sure, Underpaid, unheard, drained day by day, They take everything and give nothing back your way. They tell you a lie as old as time: The more you endure, the higher you climb. Not normal, not normal, to suffer and stay quiet, Not normal, not normal, to call it a virtue, Not normal to think that your pain makes you more, Happiness needs no one's permission but yours. The truth is suffering is just suffering, plain, It proves nothing, it won't make you gain, No prize at the end, no meaning to find, Just wasted years of never listening to your mind. Not normal, not normal, to suffer and stay quiet, Not normal, not normal, to call it a virtue, Not normal to think that your pain makes you more, Happiness needs no one's permission but yours. Courage isn't bearing pain in silence and pride, It's casting off every excuse you made for yourself, Not because it's easy, not because it's light, But refusing pain is your right, and the choice is only yours. Not normal, not normal, to suffer and stay quiet, Not normal, not normal, to call it a virtue, Not normal to think that your pain makes you more, Happiness needs no one's permission but yours.