At the back of the house In the dark and the damp Lives a waif of a girl By the light of a lamp And the slit in the door Casting shadows no more So she knows he'll soon be there She sits in her dress All tatted and torn Just cradling her faith All matted and worn But the hope of escape Is just out of her grasp Cause she knows he'll soon be there So for now she has to dream of better days Furnish the feeling that she'll always be afraid What she would give if she could only pick the locks But for now, for now, she's the girl in the box Come see her body it's a map of someone's rage Clutters her head with thoughts of trying to get away Earned her diploma from the school of harder knocks But for now, for now, she's the girl in the box At the back of the house, nestled under the stairs Lives the girl in a box, sits alone with her fears All fingers and skin, now the pain will begin As it seeps into her veins And so his stale spirit breathe And the jealousy rage Will prevent the poor girl From even seeing a day So he locks her away For his personal play In his kingdom she still reigns So for now she has to dream of better days Furnish the feeling that she'll always be afraid What she would give if she could only pick the locks But for now, for now, she's the girl in the box Come see her body it's a map of someone's rage Clutters her head with thoughts of trying to get away Earned her diploma from the school of harder knocks But for now, for now, she's the girl in the box (The box, the box, the box, the box, the box) So for now she has to dream of better days (She's the girl in the box) Furnish the feeling that she'll always be afraid (She's the girl in the box) What she would give if she could only pick the locks (She's the girl in the box) But for now for now she's the girl in the box (The box, the box, the box, the box) Come see her body it's a map of someone's rage (She's the girl in the box) Clutters her head with thoughts of trying to get away (She's the girl in the box) Earned her diploma from the school of harder knocks (She's the girl in the box) But for now for now she's the girl in the box (The box, the box, the box, the box) (The box, the box, the box)