My hands were bound
Fastened to a lie I told myself
Reveled in a meaning so profound
It's so simple and secure, this little world
Served to us since birth
Force-fed concept of the self:
Meaningless without them
Born in fragments
A new sense
Free at last
Limitless in dissent
Into a cage
Myopic the view from beginning
Inner sense of agency they claim
Weakening the voice
Before the chance to speak
Before understanding
Force-fed concept of the self:
Meaningless without them
Born in fragments
A new sense
Free at last
Limitless in dissent
River of lost souls And I wear the crown
In flames I still pray
Lazarus by my side
Back to life again
Fragments of myself
Dead but still alive
Fragments of me
Reborn again
Force-fed concept of the self:
Meaningless without them
Born in fragments
A new sense
Free at last
Limitless in dissent
River of lost souls And I wear the crown
In flames I still pray
Lazarus by my side