Gatekeeper

Oh, gatekeeper,
Who are you protecting?
Oh, gatekeeper,
Please don't pretend
Oh, gatekeeper,
What is it you're stopping?
...
What is your end?

Now I don't mean to retell a story you've heard before dear listener
I'm sure you've all heard many a tale of the noble gatekeeper
They who earnestly seek to preserve a label or community
Not trying to be exclusive, encouraging new members earnestly

No, dear listener, I instead speak instead of another.
One who is a bitter and overly-jealous lover.
One so infatuated they become resistant to change.
Forbidding entry to anyone who isn't "their type of strange". 

Oh, gatekeeper,
Who are you protecting?
Oh, gatekeeper,
Please don't pretend
Oh, gatekeeper,
What is it you're stopping?
...
What is your end?

I'm sure you know the type -"You're not a real fan"
Or even "You're not a real woman", "You're not a real man"
Unless you prescribe to their certain type of notion
There's no way you can match their level of devotion

Always be careful with this type of entity
One whose gatekeeping has become their identity
So it's all or nothing, no room for deviation
Or they'll label you a flake without hesitation

Oh, gatekeeper,
Who are you protecting?
Oh, gatekeeper,
Please don't pretend
Oh, gatekeeper,
What is it you're stopping?
...
What is your end?

Oh, gatekeeper, I've been like you before
Loving something some much I closed tight the door
But that thing you love, that way you live so religiously?
It'll still be the same even if others do it differently

Oh, gatekeeper, I know you're protecting what you love from hate
But, dear gatekeeper, don't forget what a joy it is to open that gate
To see someone, slowly, come to love a thing totally new
Maybe they'll even evolve to love it in the same way as you

Oh, gatekeeper, you must allow this thing to independently grow
Even, one day, into something that you no longer know
All things end, so why not choose to become a foundation?
Rather than cast aside, become the welcoming gate of a new infatuation