It's when a smile becomes a stare and it starts to burn It's when you ask him to knock it off and he doesn't learn The sad routine doesn't change if he's broke or a millionaire There's no getting through, that's how it is He's never had to care It's when you're judged before you even get to speak a word It's when you make the smartest point and it goes unheard I'm not innocent - i'm guilty I'm not innocent - but i'm sorry It's just the male gaze - it's in me i know it I feel it all around me - i wish i could destroy it Yeah it's the male gaze - i've had it forever And i know i'm no angel, but i'm trying to kill it It's when you're judged in every way before you have arrived It's pounded down every day since you've been alive You quiet down and bite your lip in the face of total fools It's never worth the punishment of breaking social rules I'm not innocent - i'm guilty I'm not innocent - but i'm sorry I'm not innocent - i plead guilty I'm not innocent - but i'm trying