We're born in a prison
  Raised in a prison
  Sent to a prison called school
  
  We cry in a prison
  We love in a prison
  We dream in a prison like fools
  
  Wood becomes a flute when it's loved
  Reach for yourself and your battered mates
  Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken
  Look in the mirror and see your shattered fate
  
  We live with no reason
  Kicked around for no reason
  Thrown out without reason like tools
  
  We work in a prison
  And hate in a prison
  And die in a prison as a rule
  
  Wood becomes a flute when it's loved
  Reach for yourself and your battered mates
  Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken
  Look in the mirror and see your shattered fate
  
  We live in a prison
  Among judges and wardens
  And wait for no reason for you
  We laugh in a prison
  Go through all four seasons
  And die with no vision of truth
  
  Wood becomes a flute when it's loved
  Reach for yourself and your battered mates
  Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken
  Look in the mirror and see your shattered fate