Prisoner of My Own Mind

VERSE 1

This ain’t no dreamscape, I need an escape

A vacation from my self-destructive fate

My mind is a prison, my soul is the warden

My empty eyes have the stare of a gorgon

Every detail is chosen for me in advance

Who will I befriend? With whom will I dance?

When do I get to express my creative freedom?

When do I get to win this war on my demons?

CHORUS

I’m a prisoner of my own mind

The life sentence is always mine

I’m a prisoner of my own soul

Orange suit slave is my only role

VERSE 2

A permanent lock that slows down the clock

Another head for the executioner’s chopping block

Another statistic on a government pie chart

Another nightmare that tears me the fuck apart

CHORUS

I’m a prisoner of my own mind

The life sentence is always mine

I’m a prisoner of my own soul

Orange suit slave is my only role

BRIDGE

Life sentence or death sentence?

Witness testimony or DNA evidence?

Solitary confinement or general population?

Another day of psychological taxation

EXTENDED CHORUS

I’m a prisoner of my own mind

The life sentence is always mine

I’m a prisoner of my own soul

Orange suit slave is my only role

I’m sitting in the electric chair

A head scalped of all its hair

Freedom, take me to a better place

Where everything’s at a slower pace