Song Description
Ethel Monologue cuts to the psychology of difference.
Ethel isn’t built to conform or defer. Her mind moves fast. Her empathy is active, not polite. Where others soften harm to stay comfortable, she names it clearly.
The intro is serious on purpose. It sets up situation with real harm and consequences. Avoidable but not avoided. The tension lives in what could have been if people didn't conform with the leash of silence.
The song then explores what happens when someone wired to see consequence, refuses to play along with collective denial.
In Ethel’s world, “normal” can sometimes be the camouflage that lets corruption breathe.
Lyrics
They think everyone's the same underneath.
Like if you could get away with it
You would.
Talk fast.
Push hard.
Cut corners.
Let someone else carry the mess.
They don't say it cruel.
They say it like fact.
Like it's just how things are.
Like the ones who don't play that way
Are hiding something.
But I've been in rooms
where that logic cost lives.
Where silence was a tactic
And politeness, the leash.
So no
I don't soft-step.
I don't let it slide.
If I name it early,
it's not because I'm reactive.
It's because I've seen how long
People will pretend not to know
Until someone makes them look.
And if that's abrasive
Ask yourself
Who gets to call it that.
And who keeps calling
This
Normal.