Two steps forward and one step back; I keep telling myself to remember that
Oh no-one has a monopoly on faith
In the event that I don’t succeed I will try again cause I never agreed
To act at anything but my own pace
Now I am my own Stepford Wife and my body is down in the basement
From the blood and bones of my own life I have engineered my own replacement
And I go stepping out to the frontlines from the boundaries of my own house
The hand grenades and the land mines don’t hurt as much as self doubt
Two steps forward and one to the side, I keep telling myself I will be alright
oh no-one has a monopoly on change
I need a soldering iron to seal my nerves cuz I have decided that no-one deserves
To feel more than ordinary pain
Oh my Stepford Wife she goes wherever I go and fends off the arrows and slings
And she reminds me of someone from American Psycho
Cause she doesn’t feel a thing
And we go stepping out to the frontlines from the safe haven of my home
Better the edges of the headlines than the corners of my comfort zone
Oh the corners of my comfort zone
Keep going two steps forward and one step back
Two steps forward and one step back
One step forward and two steps back
Keep telling yourself to remember
Titanium heels and a mechanical brain
Silicone nails and a threshold for pain that far exceeds the limits of my sphere
An elegant style for my hair and my clothes
And a plastic smile I can superimpose on everything that I decide to wear
Oh a Stepford Wife is going so boldly where I am afraid to tread
And she is sleek as silk and otherworldly and colour coordinated
And we go stepping out to the frontlines from the safe haven of my home
Better the edges of the headlines than the corners of my comfort zone
Oh the corners of my comfort zone
It’s two steps forward and one step back
Two steps forward and one step back
One step forward and two steps back
Keep telling myself to remember that