It's a simple as fear, just as stupid as hate
  It's as fragile as humility
  It's the way that we deal, what we truly feel
  About everything we see
  Rally 'round a cage or act your age
  I gauge old messages scratched forever in a prison wall
  We know what we're capable of but 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 'til we view it on the big screen
  Understand it's not getting any better and it's growing outside
  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 of course it's everyone's fault except 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 song
  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 cuz they feel that the national razor went dull
    But the other is a place I call home
  Where solidarity is seldom shown
  Where taxes paid is like 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