I judge you, you judge me

Putting each other in boxes 

Of what we think we should be

Following the age-old rules

What lunch table I sit at, what group you're in

The clothes I wear, the parties you attend

I judge you, you judge me

I call you names behind your back

You laugh about me behind your hands

We pretend we don’t play games of attack

When forced together, we don’t take a stand

We sit in our boxes and stay behind lines

We wear masks and lie that everything's fine

I judge you, you judge me

I wish you were kinder

You wish I were cooler

We’ll say “Don’t mind her”
We act as if we know one another

You’re good at sports

I’m good at theater

She’s friends with them

He’s dating her

I judge you, you judge me

I box you up in what you’re good at 

I box you up and compare you to myself

You’re beautiful, my chest’s too flat

You’re intelligent, while I need help

I categorize you by the friends you have

I categorize you for the things you say

I categorize you as so much better than me

I judge you, you judge me

I judge the parts of you that don’t deserve to be

You judge the parts of me that you don’t understand

Both of us our foolish, hiding behind our hands

If we stepped out of boxes or looked past our lines

Maybe we’d see more than the signs that say “Everything’s fine”

That’s a lie

No one is fine

No one is fair to themselves

Every box I force you into walls me in too

I judge myself, you judge yourself

Both of us need to be freed from the places we’re shelved