Built from the fears that chase her every night
Bars standing gray and cold
Blocking her from the very life she wants
She is drowning so deep in fear that she doesn’t know if she will ever escape; caged

He fights day after day trying to keep his own heart from being broken
He breaks her down and makes sure its her, not him
Fear of the jailers who always watch with scathing looks
The jailers
Always ready to throw someone down if they don’t fit
Caging

We stand on the outside of the bars
Watching what would happen to us if we stepped out of line
Scorned by the jailers who say we will never be as good as them
We are helpless
Helpless because we know that if we make one move to help
We will fall
We will be put in the one thing we fear most
Locked away behind bars and never set free
Waiting
Waiting for the moment we can maybe set foot outside of this endless cycle

This cage holds all those who aren’t up to standard
Those who aren’t perfect
But the cries of those trapped aren’t just in our ears
They are everywhere
They are in our hearts and in our minds because we
We are the ones who scream
The cycle exists in our hearts
Embedded there from years of trying to be perfect
We watch
Waiting for the year we can finally leave this place
The cage