Woke in the grey light, another day begun
Same four walls around me, where did the feeling run?
They told me in the classroom, they whispered in the hall
Every little pleasure would lead to a great fall.
And the shadows lengthen on the pristine page
Another confession in this gilded cage
They built it brick by brick with every fearful word
Now all I ever hear is what I've always heard.
Stolen moments after dark, a glance across the room
A fragile kind of comfort blooming in the gloom
But then the old voice echoes, a hammer in my head
Saying every touch you cherish is a path you shouldn't tread.
And the shadows lengthen on the pristine page
Another confession in this gilded cage
They built it brick by brick with every fearful word
Now all I ever hear is what I've always heard.
Is it such a transgression to want a little light?
To break these heavy curtains in the lonely night?
This guilt they planted deep, it grows with every year
A constant condemnation whispering in my ear.
And the shadows lengthen on the pristine page
Another confession in this gilded cage
They built it brick by brick with every fearful word
Now all I ever hear is what I've always heard.
Oh, the weight of it all, a relentless tide
Nowhere left to run, nowhere left to hide.
It's a sin, they told me, a sin I can't outrun.
The damage is forever, the battle's never won.
