paper cages

Franz Ferdinand

[intro]
Step out, step out of our cages
Step out of our paper cages
Step out, step out of our cages
Out of our cages, out of our cages
Step out

[verse 1]
I like the look of your place
Yes, I love your construction
Did you carve a wee key
From the soap in your kitchen
To turn in a lock
Of your own penal fiction
You're so vivid and free in your imagination

Well we'll never be free
If our incarceration
Is a story we tell
A tale of invention
Is it personal choice
Personal conviction
Or are you living like me in paper cages?

[chorus]
Step out, step out of our cages
Step out of our paper cages
Step out, step out of our cages
We're living our lives in paper cages
Step out

[verse 2]
When you took on your bid
Did you make up your number?
Did you walk like a punk
To the screws at your counter?
Did you say you can't win
When you are the system
That contains in paper cages?

[chorus]
Step out, step out of our cages
Step out of our paper cages
Step out, step out of our cages
We're living our lives in paper cages
Step out

[bridge]
Living our lives in paper cages
Living our lives in paper cages
Living our lives in paper cages
Step out

[chorus]
Step out, step out of our cages
Step out of our paper cages
Step out, step out of our cages
We're living our lives in paper cages
Step out