Male Gaze - Pissed Jeans

Male Gaze - Pissed Jeans
It's when a smile
Becomes a stare
And it starts to burn
It's when you ask him to knock
It off and he doesn't learn
The sad routine doesn't change
If he's broke or a millionaire
There's no getting through
That's how it is
He's never had to care
It's when you're judged before
You even get to speak a word
It's when you make the smartest
Point and it goes unheard
I'm not innocent
I'm guilty
I'm not innocent
But I'm sorry
It's just the male gaze
It's in me I know it
I feel it all around me
I wish I could destroy it
Yeah it's the male gaze
I've had it forever
And I know I'm no angel
But I'm trying to kill it
It's when you're judged in every way
Before you have arrived
It's pounded down every day
Since you've been alive
You quiet down and bite your lip
In the face of total fools
It's never worth the punishment
Of breaking social rules
I'm not innocent
I'm guilty
I'm not innocent
But I'm sorry
I'm not innocent
I plead guilty
I'm not innocent
But I'm trying