Cages

[a. Captor] [Instrumental] [b. Captive] The truth of the unwanted is None will return for the deathbed blessing Given by benefactors of pain Those who will find the silence deafening We're born into this world alone As children of fear we find The unknown cages us Did they never stop to wonder? What would become of their own flesh and blood? Could they not see what resonates returns The knowledge inherent to bone? Apologies are not handouts Nor is love and unbreakable bond The unfortunate are the unprepared Betrayed when a straightforward seeming world strays We're born into this world alone As children of fear we find The unknown cages us May the dying learn as we're born knowing To fear the unknown and the unseen Did they our suffering devise Were we denied for being children? Born outside their design? Did they never stop to wonder? What would become of their own flesh and blood? Could they not see what resonates returns The knowledge inherent to bone? Left wretched are those least desired From the onset when opened are our eyes As children of fear we find The unknown cages us Cages us