I'm not Pygmalion, hooked by failure Ruled as a juvenile, aged as an infantile Subject to the ladder Ruined by affection, excepted by exception Predicted on a graph, cornered by ritual Diminished by impression, cried out in the lesson Subject to the ladder, subject to the ladder My thoughts are coming through Emptiness follows too A cyclone full of feeling The silence of the room Defended by defendants, corrected by the pain Inspected by a sadness, exhausted by a game Subject to the ladder, subject to the ladder My thoughts are coming through Emptiness follows too A cyclone full of feeling The silence of the room A picture turning over, jewel in the water Where Eco saw reflection, not what it taught her Invaded by the quarrels and I denied the lathe Let me chop down the laurel, a goal I won't escape I'm bullied by deception but when the whistle came Esteem had broke infection, my torment fraught with shame Subject to the ladder, subject to the ladder My thoughts are coming through Emptiness follows too A cyclone full of feeling The silence of the room Subject to the ladder