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We need to be free to be who we are, not what others want us to be.

Sanitarium (Welcome Home)
By Metallica

Welcome to where time stands still 
No one leaves and no one will 
Moon is full, never seems to change 
Just labeled mentally deranged 
Dream the same thing every night 
I see our freedom in my sight 
No locked doors, no windows barred 
No things to make my brain seem scarred 

Sleep my friend and you will see 
That dream is my reality 
They keep me locked up in this cage 
Can't they see it's why my brain says rage 

Sanitarium, leave me be 
Sanitarium, just leave me alone 

Build my fear of what's out there 
And cannot breathe the open air 
Whisper things into my brain 
Assuring me that i'm insane 
They think our heads are in their hands 
But violent use brings violent plans 
Keep him tied, it makes him well 
He's getting better, can't you tell? 

No more can they keep us in 
Listen, damn it, we will win 
They see it right, they see it well 
But they think this saves us from our hell 

Sanitarium, leave me be 
Sanitarium, just leave me alone 
Sanitarium, just leave me alone 

Fear of living on 
Natives getting restless now 
Mutiny in the air 
Got some death to do 
Mirror stares back hard 
Kill, it's such a friendly word 
Seems the only way 
For reaching out again

This is what culture tries to do to us.  We don't see the locks and bars it puts on us.  These are the labels, the roles, the stereotypes that culture expects us to conform to.  For some, these things can be helpful, but they're only helpful as long as they don't control us and keep us from being fully who we are.  If they restrict us and hold us back, it's time to rise up and overthrow what culture expects.  We need to be free to be who we are, not what others want us to be.  Any culture, even subcultures that aren't anything like the predominant culture, can restrict us and hold us back.

~Bethany
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I live in Laramie, WY with my partner. I work for an environmental firm as a database administrator. I am the proud mother of three cats and a husky puppy.

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