It’s as simple as fear   As disturbing as hate   It's as fragile as humility   It's the way that we deal with what we truly feel about everything we see    Rally round a cage, or act your age   Like the old methods we scratched forever in a prison wall   We know what we can't ignore   But we don't seem to care at all   Rally round a cage, and don't make a fuss   Rally round a cage, who am I if I'm not aware that I'm one of us?   It's a question of trust   Rally round a cage   Cringe at the paper then place the blame on "these days"   As if we don't know what we've seen unless we view it on the big screen   A price paid in full for the conscience that lied   All the billboards in the world can't cover our eyes   I don't understand   Don't tread on me   But we act like we didn't know   Then kids shoot kids or community defies its role   Then it's everyone's fault except for anyone we might know   Tell me are the colors of the flag much prettier to see   When viewed from the requisite comfort of the knees?   We're the loyal little chorus still singing out "please"   I can't understand   Don't tread on me   One little   Two little    Three little pink slips four   Where family values are a value most can't afford   Rally round a cage to the new hit songs   Rally round a cage called "how could we be wrong"   Rally round a cage   C'mon do the goose step to a state-subsidized sing-along   With one side yanking a line called damage control   While groaning 'cause they felt that the national razor went dull   But the other is a place we call home   Where solidarity's seldom shown   Where taxes paid is like a spade to a dog with a thrift store bone   This isn't me   It couldn't be   This isn't me   It will never be