Mean steel man halfway grinning Gave me a box didn't know what's in it Smooth and shiny big and tiny Didn't want to look inside WHY? Cos I was scared of what was gonna be there Maybe gonna see my soul too bare And if so I wanted to go Cos that's something I'd rather not know Mean steel man made me furious But I couldn't help being curious He knew I couldn't hold back It was my path He laughed CHORUS: You bought the big black box You threw your soul on the rocks You bought the big black box You bought the big black, big black BOX Something changed I rearranged Like this whole thing was preordained My heart shattered and animal matter Served to me my mind on a platter I lost it all inside the box Sittin there starin at the clock Watchin life from the beginning All its worth all its sinning As its hopeless people fell I turned my back what the hell Like all my ancestors through time In self and ignorance our common crime CHORUS Now I spend my nights trying to forget The things I saw I regret Goin forward never tell Let the others fend for themselves Demons' eyes pa** me by Piercin through on either side I'll let it slide let it die Lift my sights up to the sky The pain has fallen to another Who has yet to discover A big black box sittin on a shelf A mean steel man inside himself CHORUS