[Verse 1] Taught me your letters Fed me your lines Clapped when I parroted Never asked what was mine You point at the shoreline Say “That’s your cage” Chain made of favors Key made of rage [Chorus] Caliban Is this all I am? Your broken mirror Your trained madman You give me language So I can damn Every name you call me (Every name I am) [Verse 2] You hide your hunger Under fine clothes I wear my anger Right in my bones You call it mercy Leaving me here But I know the scent Of a coward’s fear [Chorus] Caliban Is this all I am? Your broken mirror Your trained madman You give me language So I can damn Every name you call me (Every name I am) [Bridge] If I am monster You wrote the spell You drew the island You dug the well So when you tremble Hearing me speak Remember who Taught my teeth [Chorus] Caliban Is this all I am? Your broken mirror Your trained madman You gave me language Now hear my stand Every name you call me I carve in the sand Caliban This is what I am Not your shadow I’m my own land
