The Gilded Cage

I live in a gilded age With diamond eyes, in this life I engage I am golden, the world is my stage Never will I slave for a minimum wage Born into the world in a tower of gold Unknown to be infected with a disease of old Gluttony and greed Deadly sins indeed With silver spoon he consumes more than most The world is a party of which he is the host I live in a gilded age With diamond eyes, in this life I engage I am golden, the world is my stage Never will I slave for a minimum wage Slowly but surely the infection kicks in Terminal patient of more than enough sin A cancer of mind and soul within Those diamonds weren’t forever That life was a foolish endeavor Trapped inside a prison of his own construction He has to live now with his own self destruction You lived in a gilded age The diamonds fueled your corruption and rage Broken are they are now and you have fallen from your stage And you must live in the gilded cage