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
