Exiled
Bad Breeding Lyrics

Dragged out from shadow into blazing light
Forced into the spotlight where all my actions are on display

I leant on compassion but soon paid the price
I trusted others to be kind but was eventually let down

Reason snatched, slick instruments won
Logic was taken away, and manipulative tools were used instead

As the world went drifting vacant eyed
People were numb to the situation and didn't care

Exiled, but choked for all to see
Outcast and ill-treated, with no way to hide it

The freshest of wounds were the ones they mined first
My newest and most vulnerable struggles were exploited

A pining for relief stamped into scorched earth
A deep desire for escape, but feeling trapped and hopeless

The cries of a mother muffled, unheard
The pain of a mother ignored and silenced

Pressed behind glass, drowned in plain sight
Visible and present, but not being able to make an impact

And I used to dread the thought of trauma, now it circles every day
I once feared experiencing pain, but now it's a constant presence

Waiting in the wings, prowling like a stalking horse
Trauma lurks around, waiting to strike

See nature knows of hardship at least it has its use
In contrast to humans, nature has a beneficial purpose for suffering

This is suffering as a construct - man's longest-running gag
Pain has been normalized and used as a punchline for far too long