
As I drove with my wheelchair through the streets of Oslo with a handicapped friend of mine, we talked about and exchanged certain experiences. In this song, I've tried to sum up those feelings. Please read and Review!
Rated: Fiction T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Words: 356 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 3 - Published: 08-17-09 - Status: Complete - id: 2710356
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The walls of prejudice
Verse 1
Walking down the road,
People staring and glaring, like something is wrong
Like there's something that hasn't been done that needs to be done
Something about us
It's like a bubble of something impenetrable fills the mind of the people
The feeling that we don't belong among you
(Chorus)
We're not different; just born with limits
We're not what we look like, but what we are inside
I'll break it down, those
Walls of prejudice
That keep us apart from society
Which creates the scenario of "us" and "them"
Verse 2
Staring at us as if we're strangers,
Eyes mingled with many emotions
Exactly what each are, doesn't matter, it's the sum
They look at me, as if I'm some bum
A stranger in his own country,
Who is on the streets because I'm allowed by the government
(Chorus)
We're not different; just born with limits
We're not what we look like, but what we are inside
Yet you all act as if we're the ones to abide
Go back to the 1970's
I'll break it down, those
Walls of prejudice
That keep us apart from society,
Which creates the scenario of "us" and "them"
Verse 3
I used to wonder if it was I that had done something wrong
But then I realized it wasn't that simple
Yet everyone "like me" knows what being different means
It means you're unwanted, pushed away and overshadowed,
Because you stick out from the larger group,
And you're responsible for it
And then they creates such walls with their glares
(Chorus)
We're not different; just born with limits
We're not what we look like, but what we are inside
We want to open your eyes and be accepted
That way, we may accept you as well
"Handicapped or not doesn't matter,"
That's all we're saying
I'll break it down, those
Walls of prejudice
That keep us apart from society,
Which creates the scenario of "us" and "them"
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