[Verse 1]
Algernon
You won’t need these flowers
They’ve revoked the horrors
Your tragedy
Now ends happily
And I’m sure that they won’t be done
Till they fenced off the ledges
And rounded the edges
Of all that goes wrong
For you, Algernon

[Verse 2]
Gone are the days where you’re endlessly racing towards
Pavlov’s reward
Now your maze
Is replaced
By the locked door
You asked for

[Chorus]
Lo
That’s the way that it goes
I’m sorry you’ll never be free
If all that you see is the danger the cage will relieve
Oh no
That’s the path that you chose
A true hedonist indeed
So don’t lift a finger, your warden provides all you'll need
But never a key
But never a key

[Verse 3]
Algernon
You’re wound up too tightly
So frayed and unsightly
Pulling on your own strings
You’re unraveling
How can a cure now be found?
With no outside threat
Just a fire in your chest
And you’re melting
All over everything

[Chorus]
Lo
That’s the way that it goes
I’m sorry you’ll never be free
If all that you see is the danger the cage will relieve

Oh no
That’s the path that you chose
A true hedonist indeed
So don’t lift a finger, your warden provides all you'll need
But never a key
But never a key
Oh
But never a key
Oh
But never a key
Oh
But never a key
Oh
But never a key
But never a... key