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They say I don’t deserve to be here in a drunken rage

I never asked to be near this constant hate that I face

Condemned for wearing skin darker, not what lies within

They say I don’t deserve to be here, that I should leave this place

I never asked to be here, this constant fate that I hate

Condemned for speaking my native tongue among them

And my own don’t understand what I feel



I exist in the in-between of worlds all alone

They don’t know what I am, just that I am not one of them

And my own will never know, how I suffer silently

I am never at home, even amongst my own

As far back as I can recall I’ve felt the very sight of me

Awakens the beast



They refuse to shake my hand for the way I dress

As though through that they understand that I am worth less

Their eyes, they violate I and those with me

They refuse to accept my service for the way I appear

As though it would make the others nervous just by having me near

Their eyes, discriminate I and those like me

And my own don’t understand what I feel



I exist in the in-between of worlds all alone

They don’t know what I am, just that I am not one of them

And my own will never know, how I suffer silently

I am never at home, even amongst my own

As far back as I can recall I’ve known the very sight of me

Awakens the beast