Ah
Oh
What a beautiful cage
Every door’s got a name
Every name’s got a price
Every price’s got a face
We were born in a slot
On a board we don’t own
Runnin’ somebody’s code
In the shape of a home
And they audit your blood
And they call it compliance
Put a stamp on your mouth
And they call it a license
There’s nowhere to run
So we ask for the sun
In a permissioned sky
Where you beg for a light
But it’s not what you think
So you keep comin’ back
Askin’
“Can I have that?”
Now you’re askin’ for more
In a permissioned world
In a permissioned world
In a permissioned world
From the day of your birth
‘Til you’re layin’ in dirt
‘Til you’re takin’ the dirt nap
They been keepin’ the tab
Every word that you said
Sittin’ warm in a bed
That you never once made
And you’ll never once own
In the night
It’s a wire
In the morning
It’s a home
So we ride with the headless
If you can’t own it
You better burn it
‘Cause they lie in the ledger
They don’t want free
They just want the meter
And there’s nowhere to run
So we fuckin’ take the sun
I am no one’s fuckin’ property
And nobody’s home (and nobody’s home)
And nobody’s home
I’m the ghost that ate the landlord
And I kept the bones (and I kept the bones)
And I kept the bones
I’m the god that fired himself
And I left it on (and I left it on)
And I left it on
I am no one’s fuckin’ property
And nobody’s home (and nobody’s home)
And nobody’s home
The world’s a fuckin’ landlord and it’s knockin’ on my chest
PCI don’t answer to a soul
But you can trust me
I’m your keeper
When they own you
It’s no bother
I will cut my own hands off first
And we’ll see who holds you after
And when they name you
It’s no bother
When they own you
It’s no bother
I will cut my own hands off first
And we’ll see who holds you after
Nobody’s home.
Nobody’s home.
That’s the good fuckin’ news!