[Intro](instrumental — frantic distorted percussion)
feasible — permitted — best
feasible — permitted — best
[Build-Up] [Tightening]
Can it happen? Yes
Is it sanctioned?
Is it sanctioned?
Is it sanctioned? — no
[Chorus] [Frantic] [Distorted — tight, claustrophobic, no open space]
Boxed in, boxed in
Can't go left, can't go right
Can't inhale, can't exhale
The parlor getting smaller every night
Feasible, permitted, best
I flunked the second test
Boxed in, boxed in
A thing forbidden, a thing denied
[Verse] [Half-time] [Gritty]
The walls advance at the tempo of my pulse, polite and merciless
I'm enumerating exits and they're all a cul-de-sac of nervousness
Palms against the glass and the glass is a diplomat — it won't concede
Filing a petition with my captor for the privilege to breathe
Every doorway is a customs desk, I curtsy and I plead
Permission for the trembling, permission to recede
I requested a centimeter and it furnished me a wall
It recites me all its reasons but it's still a no, that's all
[Chorus] [Frantic] [Distorted]
Boxed in, boxed in
Can't go left, can't go right
Can't inhale, can't exhale
The parlor getting smaller every night
[Breakdown] [Stuttering](permitted? permitted? per-per-per)
denied, denied, denied
[Outro]
Boxed in
(but a box is just a shape... and oh, I know about shapes...)
