Both Sides of The Cage

They tell you there's two sides,
Left and right, red and blue,
But the cage has got four walls
And it's holding me and you.

The talking heads keep talking,
The pundits place their bets,
While the billionaires keep banking
On the anger and regrets.

We're fighting over shadows
On the wall of Plato's cave,
While the ones who built the prison
Watch us misbehave.

Both sides of the cage are still the cage,
Both ends of the leash are still the leash.
We've been fighting over scraps
While they feast on every page
Of the story that they wrote
To keep us out of reach.
Both sides of the cage are still the cage.

Your neighbor's not your enemy,
Though they told you that he was,
He's just another prisoner
Trying to find the cause.

The factory closed in his town too,
His kids can't pay the rent,
He's angry at the same damn things
Just pointed different.

What if we stopped performing
For the cameras and the crowd?
What if we started building
Something worthy of our vows?

The cage door's been unlocked now,
It's been open all along,
We just needed someone
To show us where we belong.

Both sides of the cage are still the cage,
Both ends of the leash are still the leash.
But we're walking out together now,
We're turning the page
On the story that they wrote
To keep us out of reach.
We're walking out of the cage.

Both sides... both sides...
We're walking out...
We're walking out together now.