Letra de Institutionalized
Sometimes I try to do things And it just doesn't work out the way I want it to And I get real frustrated And like, I try hard to do it And I like, take my time But it just doesn't work out the way I want it to It's like I concentrate on it real hard But it just doesn't work out And everything I do and everything I try It never turns out It's like I need time to figure these things out But there's always someone there goingHey Mike, you know We've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you know And you should maybe get awayAnd like, maybe you should talk about it and you'll feel a lot betterAnd I go No, it's ok, you knowI'll figure it out Just leave me aloneI'll figure it out, you knowI'll just work it out myself And they go Well, you know If you wanna talk about itI'll be here, you know And you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it So why don't you talk about it? I go No, I don't want to I'm okay I'll figure it out myself! And they just keep bugging me They just keep bugging me And it builds up inside So you're gonna be institutionalized You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes You won't have any say They'll brainwash you until you see their way I'm not crazy Institutionalized You're the one who's crazy Institutionalized You're driving me crazy Institutionalized They stick me in an institution Said it was the only solutionTo give me needed professional help To protect me from the enemy, myself I was in my room And I was just, like, staring at the walls, thinking about everythingBut then again I was thinking about nothing And then my mom came inAnd I didn't notice she was there And she called my name and I didn't hear herAnd then she started screaming Mike, Mike!And I go What, what's the matter? She goes What's the matter with you?I go There's nothing wrong, mom She goes Don't tell me that! You're on drugs! I go No mom, I'm not on drugsI'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know Why don't you get me a Pepsi? She goes No, you're on drugs! I go Mom, I'm okay, I'm just thinking And she goes No, you're not thinking You're on drugs! Normal people don't act that way!I go: Mom, just get me a Pepsi, please All I want is a Pepsi And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a PepsiJust one Pepsi And she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi!They give you a white shirt with long sleevesTied around you're back You're treated like thievesDrug you up because they're lazy It's too much work to help a crazyI'm not crazy Institutionalized You're the one who's crazyInstitutionalized You're driving me crazy Institutionalized They stick me in an institutionSaid it was the only solution To give me the needed professional help To protect me from the enemy, myself I was sitting in my room And my mom and my dad came in And they pulled up a chair and they sat down They go Mike, we need to talk to you And I go Okay, what's the matter? They go Me and your mom We've been noticing lately you've been having a lot of problems And you've been going off for no reason And we're afraid you're going to hurt somebody And we're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself So we decided That it would be in your best interest If we put you somewhere where you could get the help that you need And I go: Wait, what are you talking about?! WE decided?! MY best interest?! How do you know what MY best interest is?! How can you say what MY best interest is?! What are you trying to say? I'm crazy?! When I went to your schools I went to your churches I went to your institutional learning facilities?! So how can you say I'm crazy? They say they're gonna fix my brain Alleviate my suffering and my pain But by the time they fix my head Mentally I'll be dead I'm not crazy Institutionalized You're the one that's crazy Institutionalized You're driving me crazy Institutionalized They stick me in an institution Said it was the only solution To give me the needed professional help To protect me from the enemy, myself It doesn't matter I'll probably get hit by a car anyway