Boxmen - Urizen

From my box I can see everything.

Life and all the joy that it can bring.

No, I don’t want to live beyond my frame.

‘Cause in here the weather’s always better,

life’s a winning game!

I find the scum outside to be

a source of loneliness,

but in my fear fortress

the box has sown my redemption.

Outside it’s wet and cold…

a violent sight I shan’t perceive

but through my filters and protection.

I am a boxman!

What?

I’ve never heard such ridiculous buffoonary!

Why would I want to join you out there?

Just look at my life compared to yours!

I’ve got all the things a boy could ever want:

friends by the thousands,

the very world at my fingertips!

I’ll never join you!

Never!

That’s ludicrous…

absurd!

Outside again… could I resume that life?

To know… I’d finally found a way

I can feel safe outside… to know… to know!

I’m fine to dull sensations of pain and agony,

but to hide from danger I have hidden everything.

An even keel… my life is plain and dull,

but at last I have realized.

Into the world I go!

I’m ready!

Just… must… must, ah, loosen this strap a bit…

Must get out!

What?

Ah… I… I’m stuck!

I ca… I can’t get out!

Gah!

Wretched contraption!

Please let me out!

Please!

I… I’m stuck!

GET ME OUTTA HERE!!!