What in this world can I understand but me? Whose pain is this if not mine? Whose voice is this if not mine? All I can ever be is my Self All I can ever truly know is me and mine I'm trapped in the chains of my own Ego and I know **** well that those chains are ones you can't shake off Max Stirner you tell me I should only act in my self interest You tell me that all things are my property if I exert my will over them But you don't know a **** thing about me Max How many hells would I create for the people I know if I exerted that will? You must have had the luxury to not have anger like mine You must have not ever experienced the fire in the back of your mind and the bricks in the pit of your stomach when life throws you for a loop You don't know how bitter I can become Your egoism would be poison in my blood
Max I look into the mirror and wonder if that's you I see Hiding in my mind behind my irises peering back and laughing I have such distaste for the things you preach but why am I so fixated on letting the world know that? And suddenly it's all clear Max Stirner you are my shadow You are everything about myself that I cannot accept You are every clenched fist at the thought of someone I love loving someone else You are every scowl on my face when I feel like I'm surrounded by people who don't give a **** about what I have to say You are every night I stewed in my own mind because nothing went how I wanted
I want to be rid of my ego I want to live a life where I'm never in the way of anyone pursuing what they want So what do I do now? Because maybe you aren't entirely wrong Max I am free when I take responsibility for my actions it's true Do I want to be a good man because it is in my self interest to do so? And is love nothing but a ghost of my mind? A spectre that disappears as soon as I reach my hand out to it They tell me love is just a bunch of chemicals in my brain anyway But ****** it's my brain and it's my chemicals They are mine and so my property
So Max, we'll never agree in our anarchism At the end of the day I believe in causes and powers bigger than my ego But I have a respect for your beliefs Because I know all too well All I can ever be is me All I can ever understand is my self