When I go out
I can see the world from inside
Without a doubt
I can shake my head and scream and shout
(Because) I can't take it no more
I can't stand it no more

Who's laughin' at me?

Through the night
Was the giant sleeping?
The endless flight
Oh, the mystery's for keeping
(Because) I can't take it no more
I can't stand it no more

Who's staring at me
I gotta say

Pull up your socks
You're the boy in the box
What did the rebel say?
When the wolf cried fox
To the boy in the box
Will you come out to play?

Said, one, two
You can't get enough
Three, four
Open up the door
Six, five
Alive is the boy in the box

(I gotta say)

Pull up your socks
You're the boy in the box (boy in the box)
What did the rebel say?
When the wolf cried fox
To the boy in the box (boy in the box)
Will you come out to play?

And no one talks
To the boy in the box (boy in the box)
(Boy in the box)
No one talks
When the world cried fox
To the boy in the box
No one talks
No one talks

You know, one, two
You can't get enough
Three, four
Open up the door
Six, five
Alive is the boy in the

One, two
You can't get enough
Three, four
Open up the door
Six, five
Alive is the boy in the box

Like a boy in the box
Come and see me from outside
Come and kill me from outside
Pull up your socks for the boy in the box

Like a boy in a box
Like a boy in the box
Box


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