If you were sent to prison But prison was your mind Would you try escaping? Or would you do the time? So many hard decisions Procedures intertwine You lose communication With your friends outside I'd rather have it fatal Than a life unstable Back to the cradle Back to the cradle It's as sick as life can get I know that he can hear me I know he understands Well God can take your body But the soul, well no one can I'd rather have it fatal Than a life unstable Back to the cradle Back to the cradle It's as sick as life can get