Writing Letters - Dead to Me

I've been writing letters since that confession 
Was beaten out of me and now I'll spend my life alone 
We are all children whose fate was sealed 
When it was decided we wouldn't be given a chance to grow 

If you grew up where we did, would you be different? 
I guess we'll never know 
If you saw things I've seen, would you turn our like me? 
I guess we'll never know 
Why can't you understand our lives are in your hands? 
Spinning out of control so you put me in a cage 

When the effects of this social test are felt you will see 
It will be far too late to simply reverse this 
A generation rendered fatherless 
Watch it unravel and then you'll know 

It's not that hard to figure out 
We're unwilling pawns but there's no doubt 
We'd watch the laws all quickly change 
The day the rich kids are treated the same 

If you put me in a cage 
Don't be shocked then on the day 
That I turn into an animal 
Feeding on your apathy and hate