We get pushed down, asked to be something else..
Scrutinised when we're ourselves
They talk on your behalf
Now you'll be shown
Once they regurgitate
As if the rhetoric was their own
They say don't change yourself
Then ask you to change
Contradict their views
Ain't that strange?
You've got to love yourself
But don't be vain
Now you're bringing them down
After they said to show your pain
You've got to lose that weight
Oh you lost too much
They said they loved your curves
When they were already dust
Trying to toe the line
Trying to keep up with these times
Trying to toe the line
Trying to keep up with these times
They said stand up for yourself
Then I stand tall
They say to calm down
What's wrong with Paul?
Don't mansplain to them
But they can do it to you
With diagrams and memes
But never deviate from their view
Just trying to toe the line
Trying to keep up with these times
Trying to toe the line
Trying to keep up with these times
Everything has got so complicated (oh oh, oh oh)
Even saying that could have you hated (hated, hated)
Trying to toe the line
Trying to keep up with these times
Trying to toe the line
Trying to keep up with these times