Life's sharp edges cut me deep
A cardboard prison, I can't keep
Trapped inside this box, I hide
Yearning for a glimpse of the outside
And in the silence, I hear the mock
Of every tick that tocks from my cardboard clock
I'm so boxed in, this life too stark
Pressing on these walls, where's the mark?
I'm too confined to see the sky
Wouldn't even know if the world waved goodbye
But how could I break free, my existence spun
From the cardboard life, I've begun
Walls closing in, with every shallow breath
A cardboard cutout, life closer to death
Shadows whisper tales, of a world I can't touch
Living in the box, it's all too much
Stale air suffocates, the daylight's theft
Each moment repeats, what of me is left?
Ink blots in corners, my thoughts they bleed
A monochrome dream from which I can't be freed
The weight of gravity, my soul it crocks
Bearing down on me in my cardboard box
This box my cell, with locks unseen
Chained to a fate, so cruel, so keen
Let me out of this box
Let me out
Let me out of the cardboard box!