Society killed the teenager

Society killed the teenager,

It pushed him till he cried,

Maliciously attacked him,

And forced him to subside.

Society killed the teenager,

Called him a disgrace,

Told him he was a failure,

That he would not find his place.

Society killed the teenager,

It took away his friends,

Giving him a box cigarettes,

And a razor blade instead.

Society killed the teenager,

Rendered him an outcast,

Told him he was weak,

That he would not last.

Society killed the teenager,

Filled him with a dismal haze,

Because he would not conform,

To its crooked ways.

Society killed the teenager,

Said he was a freak,

That what he thought was wrong,

His mind he could not speak.

Society killed the teenager,

So he turned to drugs,

To find the true acceptance,

That he craved so much.

Society killed the teenager,

It turned his world ice cold,

So he found his escape,

Through a pair of cheap headphones.

Society killed the teenager,

It plagued him with self-hate,

Left him in the darkness,

So he could not escape.

Society killed the teenager,

It broke his fragile soul,

So he took some pills to escape,

To a place where he felt whole.

Society killed the teenager,

Made his reality so sad,

So he stumbled down the rabbit hole,

To a place where everyone is mad.

Society killed the teenager,

It tore his world apart,

So he found a confidant,

In the man with the box-shaped heart.

Society killed the teenager,

So he never looked back,

As he continued to march on,

And joined the parade of black.

Society killed the teenager,

Because he did not act the way he should,

But oh how it did begin to weep for him,

Once he closed his eyes for good.