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