Told

With your face like a tall tree
Your voice like a bird
I’m a standing structure
I hang on your words
I gather raindrops
I’ll build you a stove
If the door doesn’t open
I’ll wait in the cold
And I don’t know
If I’ll ever grow old
It doesn’t take a long time
Just as long as I’m told
When there is nothing more of me
And I’m out of these chains
Will you still talk to me?
Do you remember my name?
There’s too many people
I don’t understand
They’ll kill you to make you
Eat from your hands
And I don’t know
If I’ll ever grow old
It doesn’t take a long time
Just as long as I’m told