Lion in the Cage

So you got a little piece of me
Wrapped it in glass for all to see
And here you thought that it was free
But everything's got a cost

Something gained, something lost
Innocence and age
Thought you tamed the lion in the cage

Put a ribbon on my mane
You trimmed my nails, gave me a name
Nearly convinced me that I was sane
And to shut the circus down

Turn my back on the clowns
Kill the lights on the stage
Yeah, you tamed the lion in the cage

Oh, I was a king in that jungle
Where you found me
Oh, I could do anything

Well, I remember your Christmas feast
Your magi journeyed from the east
Children came to see the beast
So I sat straight on my chair

Could've been anywhere
Different novel, same page
But you tamed the lion in the cage

Oh, I was a king in that jungle
Where you found me
Oh, I could do anything

So I got hungry one day
When you and your magi were gone away
Well, a lion's got no sense of equity
And I ate everything in sight

All the sacred, all the right
Devoured in my rage
Thought you tamed the lion in the cage