The Box

From the day she was born they brought her to it It had opaque walls & a lid locked tight She spent all of her life picturing what was inside This perfect world that its walls did hide Can you see inside the box? Can you be just like one of us? For those who can see inside the box will live forever And all the rest are dying soon When she came of age she stepped to the outside Told her family that she couldn't see "I spent all of my life picturing what was inside" This perfect world that its walls did hide And she said, I can't see inside the box I can't be just like one of you For those who can see inside the box will live forever And all the rest are dying soon I can't see inside the box When she told them so they started to panic Asked her please, begged her to lie No longer can we talk to a heathen such as you This perfect world has its walls locked tight And they said, Can you see inside the box? Can you be just like one of us? For those who can see inside the box will live forever And all the rest are dying soon --- The Box - Abney Park