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The Box

Katy Perry

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The Box

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I was living in a small mindWith no lifelineAnd no messages can reach me from the outsideWhen I looked out over the horizonDidn't notice the sun was setting or just risingThen it hit meMaybe bit meThen I knew, quite a few would not go with meI didn't know exactly where I would be goingBut I had to let this river in me flowingWhat a rideWhen you open your eyesFor the very first timeA real surpriseI started living outside of the boxCrossing over lines where I always used to stopLiving outside of the box'Cause I'm not gonna be anybody that I'm notI always knew this day would comeWhen I got off my back, found some motivationI've been living on the other sideCome hell or high water every moment I'm aliveI was living on a fault lineThe fault was all mineAnd this unstable ground found me down half the timeBut I had enoughI had to get upI had to shrug it all off 'cause it's the same old stuffThen it hit meYou won't permit meTo be an individualJust doesn't fit meBut I decided that it's going to be livingYeah, I decided I'm escaping from your prisonWhat a highWhen you open your mind for the very first timeA real surpriseI started living outside of the boxCrossing over lines where I always used to stopLiving outside of the box'Cause I'm not gonna be anybody that I'm notI always knew this day would comeWhen I got off my back, found some motivationI've been living on the other sideCome hell or high water every moment I'm aliveSo long conformityAnd ambiguality is a new priorityAll it takes, for heaven sakesIs to figure out the face and learn to seperateI started living outside for the boxTaking my time when I always used to rushLiving outside of the box'Cause I'm not gonna be anybody that I'm notI always knew this day would comeWhen I broke down the walls for my liberationI've been living on the other sideCome hell or high water every moment I'm aliveOh, living outside of the boxOh, living outside of the boxOh, living outsideI always knew this day would comeWhen I got off my back, found some motivationOh, living outside of the boxOf the box, of your lifeOf everything that seems that nice
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