It抯 as simple as fear 

As disturbing as hate 

It's as fragile as humility 

It's the way that we deal with what we truly feel about everything we see 

Rally round a cage, or act your age 

Like the old methods we scratched forever in a prison wall 

We know what we can't ignore 

But we don't seem to care at all 

Rally round a cage, and don't make a fuss 

Rally round a cage, who am I if I'm not aware that I'm one of us? 

It's a question of trust 

Rally round a cage 

Cringe at the paper then place the blame on "these days" 

As if we don't know what we've seen unless we view it on the big screen 

A price paid in full for the conscience that lied 

All the billboards in the world can't cover our eyes 

I don't understand 

Don't tread on me 

But we act like we didn't know 

Then kids shoot kids or community defies its role 

Then it's everyone's fault except for anyone we might know 

Tell me are the colors of the flag much prettier to see 

When viewed from the requisite comfort of the knees? 

We're the loyal little chorus still singing out "please" 

I can't understand 

Don't tread on me 

One little 

Two little 

Three little pink slips four 

Where family values are a value most can't afford 

Rally round a cage to the new hit songs 

Rally round a cage called "how could we be wrong" 

Rally round a cage 

C'mon do the goose step to a state-subsidized sing-along 

With one side yanking a line called damage control 

While groaning 'cause they felt that the national razor went dull 

But the other is a place we call home 

Where solidarity's seldom shown 

Where taxes paid is like a spade to a dog with a thrift store bone 

This isn't me 

It couldn't be 

This isn't me 

It will never be