"Not My Responsibility" lyrics

"Not My Responsibility"

Do you know me?
Really know me?
You have opinions about my opinions
About my music
About my clothes
About my body

Some people hate what I wear
Some people praise it
Some people use it to shame others
Some people use it to shame me

But I feel you watching
Always
And nothing I do goes unseen
So while I feel your stares
Your disapproval
Or your sigh of relief
If I lived by them
I'd never be able to move

Would you like me to be smaller, weaker, softer, taller?
Would you like me to be quiet?
Do my shoulders provoke you? Does my chest?
Am I my stomach? My hips?
The body I was born with
Is it not what you wanted?
If I wear what is comfortable, I am not a woman
If I shed the layers, I'm a slut

Though you've never seen my body
You still judge it
And judge me for it
Why?

We make assumptions about people based on their size
We decide who they are
We decide what they're worth

If I wear more
If I wear less
Who decides what that makes me, what that means?
Is my value based only on your perception?
Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility?


Writer(s): Finneas Baird O'Connell, Billie Eilish O'Connell
"Not My Responsibility" was originally heard in the video interlude during Billie Eilish's "Where Do We Go?" world tour in March 2020. The interlude was later published as a short film addressing body shaming and showing Eilish slowly undressing while her voiceover says, "We make assumptions about people based on their size. We decide who they are. We decide what they're worth. If I wear more, if I wear less, who decides what that makes me? What that means? Is my value based only on your perception? Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility?"
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