Restricted Lives Songtext
von Active Minds

So, you think you′ve got it all sussed out?
So, you think you know what life's about?
Set fast in your heterosexist ways
Unwittingly agreeing with what religious bigots say
Or perhaps you don′t quite fit the norm and your prejudices take another farm
You fall into the homosexist trap
Spewing out more close-minded crap
You follow society's rules like a flock of sheep
And never question anything that you're told
Well, don′t expect me to be like that
Because I don′t want to fit into any of your moulds
Can't you see that you′ve got to open up?
Don't fall into their trap and close your mind
No-one can see into the future
Who can tell whose love you might find?
All this pressure from outside telling us that we must decide "Choose how you′re going to live your life
Choose your husband
Choose your wife"
They want your lifestyle easily defined
So they tell you to make up your mind
But they really mean that they want it closed
Because a close-minded stereotype is easier controlled
Now you're married and you′ve settled down
More close-minded conformity formalised
Signed away your life on the dotted line
Heterosexual monogamy institutionalised
Victorian principles and religious dogma blended together
Into an outdated institution
You kid yourselves that you really love each other
So why do you need a written constitution?