outside their lines (tegan version)

from TA03.1: DECLASSIFIED by the garages

original by zack.ry ( zackry.bandcamp.com ) from the album UNSTABLE, this version by tegan eden

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    drowning in seas of numbers
    that everyone but me determines
    raised up and taught to believe
    that i’m only worth what i can help them achieve
    
    boiled down into some data and i’m not
    sure that i remember who i am outside their lines
    been running round the bases they tell me to but i’m not
    sure that i remember who i am outside their lines
    
    felt nice at first to think that
    i was wanted that i was needed
    but now i’m n o longer fooled by
    the lies they fed and the way we’ve all been bled
    
    the fire’s burning hot
    the floods have all come down
    after this much rain we’re due for a drought
    
    boiled down into some data and i’m not
    sure that i remember who i am outside their lines
    been running round the bases they tell me to but i’m not
    sure that i remember who i am outside their lines
    
    i’m more than
    some algorithm
    i’m somebody
    and i won’t let myself forget that
    
    i’m more than
    some algorithm
    i’m somebody
    and i won’t let myself forget that
    
    i’m more than
    some algorithm
    i’m somebody
    and i won’t let myself forget that
    
    boiled down into some data and i’m not
    sure that i remember who i am outside their lines
    been running round the bases they tell me to but i’m not
    sure that i remember who i am outside their lines