Cage Of Air

""Everything's normal
But something's so wrong
I can't describe what I've felt all along
Supposedly my life is free
So why's an AI surveilling me
The seconds, the minutes, the years
My hopes, my dreams my fears
Invisible walls, invisible chains
Invisible hand, the digital age

I see no walls around me
But the bars are always there
Surrounding me, I'm trapped, I'm trapped
Inside a cage of air

And the choice I thought was mine
Was it ever truly there?
The hooks inside my mind
The eyes blankly stare

Images flash day and night 
A constant barrage of hologram light
My mind can't keep up with the pace of it all
A colorless void, beneath where I fall
One second, one minute, one year
The future disappears 
My value extracted, my blood is spent
I'm free to choose how I cough up the rent

I see no walls around me
But the bars are always there
Surrounding me, I'm trapped, I'm trapped
Inside a cage of air

And the choice I thought was mine
Was it ever truly there?
The hooks inside my mind
The eyes blankly stare

Lead - Carroll
Solo - Carroll
Solo - Becker

Could I find some other way?
Could I break free from this cage?

At last I have found release from my pain
The glow of the sun, soft fall of rain
Sounds of the forest, wind through the trees
Finally my mind, my soul may have peace

But is this place real? Have I truly escaped?
Within my own thoughts, the bars of the cage
And suddenly color, the light of day
Vanishes to an empty gray

No matter what, I'll never break this cage
""