I can't breathe
All your rules and regulations
Suffocate me

I can't breathe
You have got a strong hold
Please let me free

Society closes in
Traps you
To be one way or the other
Society closes in
Squeezes out your life
To conform you
To take away your humanity
To turn you into a mindless drone

I am not
A puppet on a string
Here for your amusement
I do not
Nor
Will not
Dance to your whim

Depression is like
A spear of ice
Stuck into your heart
Freezing you
From the inside out

Depression is like
Living in a world of shadows
No sun to warm you
Always cold
Always alone
You can hear people talking
But they sound
Distant and far away

Depression is like
Being half dead
You may be alive
To the world around you
However
You feel dead inside

Lord
Open up the Heavens
Let your mercy fall like rain
Wash me clean