I Am the Reason

[Verse 1]

I'm doing the dishes

I'm folding the laundry

I'm talking in the perfect brand

Of single monotone

Like every other post-punk

Boy band gimmick

Feeding into the narrative

That I'm always on the nose

'Cause I'm still washing his dishes

And folding his laundry

Because I am gendered

Because I am faulty

I'm saying a prayer for you

And not so much for me

So that I stop myself

From putting you down below

[Verse 2]

Fuck the applications

Fuck all of the funding

I am done with begging

And I find it all insulting

Go on, tick the boxes

Like we have the option

You don't like the name

Why don't you try fucking something

Yeah, go on, try something

[Chorus]

Oh, I am the reason

I've got opinions

My emotions

Are what pay for this show

You bought a ticket

You let me have it

Watch me while I dog walk you

Straight past the bone

[Verse 3]

Promote the individual

Try another single

Piss into the wind

Punk is dead but it's still in you

They are not your enemy

I am not your saviour

Left eat the left

And egg on that behaviour

I am just as guilty

I am just as pissy

I thought I knew everything

Now everything is missing

You taught me this anger

Now you're mad I use it

Got something good

Now you choose to abuse it

[Chorus]

I am the reason

I've got opinions

My emotions

Are what pay for this show

You bought a ticket

You let me have it

Watch me while I dog walk you

Straight past the bone

[Breakdown]

I am the reason

[Chorus]

Oh, I am the reason

I've got opinions

My emotions

Are what pay for this show

You bought a ticket

You let me have it

And my worst fear

Is ending up alone