Trapped In A Box

Album: No Doubt (1992)
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  • You're trapped in a box of tremendous size
    It distorts my vision, it closes my eyes
    Attracts filthy flies and pollutes in the skies
    It sucks up our lives and proliferates lies
    Trapped in a box

    Trapped in a box, four walls as sky
    Got a screen for a window about two feet wide
    My mind rides and slides as my circuits are fried
    No room for thought, use the box as my guide
    Trapped in a box

    Ooh, trapped in a box
    Watch the world as it flocks
    To life's paradox
    And we're all trapped in a box

    Oh, trapped in a box, I'm not alone
    I know of others with a box as their home
    A light only enters from a crack or a hole
    Oh, this is not enough for a human to grow
    Trapped in a box

    Ooh, trapped in a box
    Watch the world as it flocks
    To life's paradox
    And we're all trapped in a box

    Always wanting a different view
    Instant gratification for you
    Reality gone with a single click
    I just hope that, that switch won't stick

    Ah trapped in a box my life becomes void
    And all of the thought for myself's now destroyed
    Controlling my mind, what to eat, what to buy
    Subliminal rules, how to live, how to die
    Trapped in a box

    Ooh trapped in a box
    Watch the, the world as it flocks
    To life's paradox
    And we're all, we're trapped in a box
    Ooh, trapped in a box
    Watch the world as it flocks
    To life's paradox
    We're all trapped in a box

    Ooh ooh ooh ooh
    Ooh
    (We're all trapped in a box) Writer/s: Eric Matthew Stefani, Gwen Renee Stefani, Thomas Dumont, Tony Ashwin Kanal
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Lilly from Chicago, IlI love the guitar and vocals in this
  • Angelo from Las Vegas, NvGreat guitar solo!
  • Laura from Liverpool, Englandthis song was originally a poem written by tom, but band leader eric stefani turned it into a song
  • Michi-elle from S, MaThis song is about televison and how people get too caught up in what they see on it.
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