Boxed In (Election song)

[Intro]
Yeah — wake up, look around, they selling scenes,
Same team, different jerseys, puppets on a string.

[Verse 1]
Born in a system the Founders drew with care,
But the elites built a box and put us in the square.
Red v. Blue — theater, curtains always close,
They script the fights while they empty out your po’se.
Local suits, same suits, same polished grin,
They feed you anger, harvest votes like sin.
Surveillance eyes watch every step you take,
Citizens shrunk down small — now who’s awake?

[Hook]
Nothing can be solved through politics, nah — it’s a show,
They light the stage, pick the cast, tell you who to blow.
Power in the people, buried in the seams,
We gotta wake up, tear the curtains from these dreams.

[Verse 2]
Protests on the screen — only when the cameras roll,
Grassroots used to grow — now it’s corporate toll.
Unions built from bottoms up, that used to be the plan,
Now they monetize the anger, sell you one-man bands.
Nepal voted on a phone? People still have ways,
When the masses move together, they can break the maze.
Cut one head of the snake, another takes its place,
But the heart of change is people face to face.

[Bridge]
Kristof said a truth that’s cold as winter rain —
If your compass only hears one side, your soul’s in chains.
Moral broken glass — gotta stitch it up again,
Not by shouting at a screen but by lifting up your friends.

[Hook]
Nothing can be solved through politics, nah — it’s a show,
They light the stage, pick the cast, tell you who to blow.
Power in the people, buried in the seams,
We gotta wake up, tear the curtains from these dreams.

[Outro]
Ignore the clowns, build the town, care for neighbor kin,
Plant the commons, teach the kids, let the healing in.
Maybe vote, maybe protest, but don’t stake all your soul,
Real change grows quiet, from the heart — that’s how we roll.