Look into my eyes and you can see my pain
Listen and you can hear my cries
One part of me is invisible
The other you all despise
Why can't you tell it hurts me
To be so hated and feared
Why can't you see that I've been
Protecting you all these years
My other side is bullied
Beaten every day
And I refuse to listen
To what they have to say
You either hate me or don't see me
There is no in-between
You always try to kill me
Though evil, I've not been
I've never really hurt you
I've protected you from harm
I've never asked you to stand down
Or even to disarm
I just wish that you'd stop shooting
At me every day
And see that I'm a protector
In every single way
I protect the nerds from bullies
I protect the town from ghosts
I even save the child's balloon
That they almost lost
Why can't you see it hurts me
When you think I cause only pain
When you think I only do this
Because I have something to gain
I protect because I want to
I don't like to see things harmed
I protect because I need to
I protect things from harm
I don't know why you don't see that
I've never caused harm to you
I might have damaged a building or two
But please give me my due
I've never hurt a person
I've never deliberately
Destroyed a building either
I don't know why you can't see
That I protect the city
From danger every day
I protect the people
So that they don't die that day.