Echoes in the Cage

Concrete walls, cold and gray,
Clock hands ticking life away.
We punch the card, we fall in line,
Trading freedom just to buy time.

"Just keep your head down...
And nobody gets hurt."

I raise my voice to break the glass,
Hoping this dead weight won't last.

We scream out loud into the dark,
A desperate cry, a dying spark!
But the iron bars just push it back,
Down this endless, winding track.
We’re fighting shadows on the wall,
Just echoes answering our call.

They built the rules to cage the breath,
A slow and quiet, digital death.
We push the boulder up the steep,
While all the wardens fall asleep.

Step by step, the treadmill turns,
Inside the chest, a quiet fire burns.
You break the sweat, you pay the toll,
They own the body, we lease the soul.
No way out, just in and round,
A silent earthquake with no sound.

I raise my voice...
To break the glass!
Hoping this weight...
Will never pass.

We scream out loud into the dark,
A desperate cry, a dying spark!
But the iron bars just push it back,
Down this endless, winding track.
We’re fighting shadows on the wall,
Just echoes answering our call.

(Oh... yeah... trapped inside...)
(Soft, gravelly sighs)

The cage is in our heads, my friend,
And where it starts is where it'll end.

We scream out loud into the dark,
A desperate cry, a dying spark!
But the iron bars just push it back,
Down this endless, winding track.

Just echoes...
In the cage.
My Proper Life