Prisoner of Sanity - Airborne Anger

[Verse 1] They hand me the script, I’m supposed to recite Smile for the camera, say everything’s right Numbers keep climbing, the story’s airtight But the math in my head won’t stay polite I watch the same sentence get carved in the sky “Trust the new normal or kiss truth goodbye” They sell me salvation in a 30-second lie And I’m still here wondering why I won’t buy [Pre-Chorus] I can feel the walls getting closer each day The louder they scream that it’s all okay My grip on what’s real is starting to fray But I can’t let it go—I can’t fade away [Chorus] I’m a prisoner of sanity Locked in the cell of what I still see They want my mind to bend the knee But I won’t drink the kool-aid they’re serving me Prisoner of sanity Cuffed to the truth they want buried deep I’d rather go mad than learn how to sleep Through the gospel of make-believe [Verse 2] They redefined words till the dictionary bled “Freedom” means compliance, “peace” means you’re dead They’ll cancel your shadow if it turns its head Then gaslight the mirror till you doubt what you said Every channel’s a preacher, every feed is a cage Same script, different puppet, same righteous rage They’re counting on exhaustion to lower the gauge So you’ll sign the confession and walk off the stage [Pre-Chorus] The silence is louder than all of their noise I’m surrounded by actors, still playing their boys I’m holding the line with the last of my poise While the sane ones keep asking for more toys [Chorus] I’m a prisoner of sanity Chained to the facts they don’t want to be They built me a world I’m not meant to believe But I won’t trade my eyes for the peace they bequeath Prisoner of sanity Serving life in the light they can’t stand to see I’d rather be crazy than comfortably Swallowing what they’re selling me [Bridge] Let the screen keep flickering, let the anchors yell I’m not buying the heaven they’re trying to sell You can call me deranged, say I’m under a spell But I’d rather be haunted than live in your hell [Final Chorus] I’m a prisoner of sanity Last man standing in a memory They can bury the truth, rewrite history But they can’t rewrite what still lives in me Prisoner of sanity I’ll carry the weight till the bars finally break ’Cause the price of believing their beautiful fake Is a soul I’m not willing to trade [Outro – soft, spoken/sung] So keep selling the dream… I’ll just keep staying awake.