See the animal in his cage that you built
Are you sure what side you're on?
Better not look him too closely in the eye
Are you sure what side of the glass you are on?
See the safety of the life you have built
Everything where it belongs
Feel the hollowness inside of your heart
And it's all
Right where it belongs

What if everything around you
Isn't quite as it seems?
What if all the world you think you know
Is an elaborate dream?
And if you look at your reflection
Is it all you want it to be?
What if you could look right through the cracks?
Would you find yourself
Find yourself afraid to see?

What if all the world's inside of your head
Just creations of your own?
Your devils and your gods
All the living and the dead
And you're really all alone?
You can live in this illusion
You can choose to believe
You keep looking but you can't find the woods
While you're hiding in the trees

What if everything around you
Isn't quite as it seems?
What if all the world you used to know
Is an elaborate dream?
And if you look at your reflection
Is it all you want it to be?
What if you could look right through the cracks
Would you find yourself
Find yourself afraid to see?


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Right Where It Belongs Lyrics as written by Trent Reznor

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    @BLEEDTHROUGH wow wow wow you hit the nail on the head and you are correct about the lyrics this song well this whole album is about me THE ONE not anymore of course but it totally is about how I hide from realities never wanting to face them because no matter what I couldn\'t ever trust anyone enough to tell them about me and expect to still have friends so I hid in my own reality never sure if I was on the outside looking in or inside looking out just another zealot unable to face life because I was constantly scrutinized I always thought it was my son\'s is where I belonged and would cry play the song over and over but it was I who needed the cage to belong or else I was nothing

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