The Door Is Always Open

[Verse 1]
The cage became your home,
Cramped, but everything is known.
Beyond the threshold — the unknown,
The door was never locked with stone.
Inside — a schedule, set in stone,
A well-fed prisoner, tame.
He seems content with what he's known —
The cage does not hold with a chain.

[Chorus]
The door is always open —
You just never checked it out.
Freedom lost — a faded spark.
No one kept you in, no doubt.
The door is always open...
The cage does not hold with a lock.

[Verse 2]
"How cozy," you say, and you straighten the bars,
You belong to the cage — you earned your gold stars.
Dreams of flying come so rarely —
Easily traded for pills, sadly.
Freedom replaced with road signs, clearly,
And gold stars, gold stars, merely.

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
You can live in the corner of habit,
Where you never have to choose.
You can keep all your quotes in your pocket,
You can just not fly — refuse.
But one day you'll stand and wander,
Barefoot to the corridor's end,
Your hand on the handle will ponder:
"What's there, behind the cage, my friend?"

[Chorus]

[Outro - spoken word]
The cage does not hold with a lock.
The cage holds with a habit.
The door is always open.
Always...
Just walk out. Walk out now.