They left you alone at night handcuffed to the bed
And I get to wondering - 'what must have gone through your head'?
They said, "you're family now and you can't leave here,"
Or they'll hunt you down
Each time that you withdraw your income support
They'll call the office up and find out where you are
You gave submission and they tore you apart dear boy
No validation that your vulnerable heart's a toy to them
What stopped you from screaming out?
Dear Michael
They held you down and took it in turns to push you around
So you took all you could take and the bottom of a lake
Is where they left your head when you wound up dead
You gave submission and they tore you apart dear boy
No validation that your vulnerable heart's a toy to them
What stopped you from screaming out?
Dear Michael
And I guess it's fair enough that you wanted to belong
Sometimes we're blind by love, forget we've got to sing our own songs
Dear Michael...