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Boxes Lyrics by Mononen.

m.4

2017

Boxes

It doesn't take long
For the illusion to fail
Your first serving
Of an old wives’ tale
Questions repressed
With the authority of age
The playpen starts to feel
More like a cage

Soon you're ushered
To recite old beliefs
And quietly embrace
The science of cloverleafs
Not much further along
You meet with more control
The powers that be
Want the rest of your soul

It's an education
To be read in reverse
It’s an illustration
Of how the truth will disperse

So I ran into a wall
Broke my nose, bruised my chin
These are the sides
Of the box that I'm in
And the box that I'm in
Is inside another box
That's next to another cell
In a long line of blocks
By now you can tell
If this story ends well
...or inside another box

Information you're fed
Designed to keep you in line
Just enough of dread
And a sweet dose of anodyne
Opinions discouraged
The elite displeased
Son, don't go poking
At the sleeping beast

It's an education
To be read in reverse
It's an illustration
Of how the truth will disperse

So I ran into a wall
Broke my nose, bruised my chin
These are the sides
Of the box that I’m in
So I ran into a wall
Broke my nose, bruised my chin
These are the sides
Of the box that I’m in
And the box that I'm in
Is inside another box
That’s next to another cell
In a long line of blocks

But sometimes I climb these walls
Released from these chains
Set free of time
With thoughts like fast running trains
Passing over the dull and the mundane
And I float above and beyond
Expectations defying gravity
And you'll be there with me

So I ran into a wall
Broke my nose, bruised my chin
These are the sides
Of the box that I'm in
And the box that I'm in
Is inside another box
That’s next to another cell
In a long line of blocks
By now you can tell
If this story ends well
...or inside another box

...or inside another box

Written by Jari Mononen
Credits
Mononen.

Mononen.

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"Boxes" appears on "m.4" in 2017.

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