The Ape And The Cage

And yet here I sit in the hall

Drawing his face as he fell to earth

So I'm boarded up

And tell me did the glass on his skin

Pierce in the same way his voice still rings in my ears

I keep that to myself

Someone might hear me

Keep your eyes open now

For there might be something to see

And yet here I sit in a world

Accepting this life but I'm wanting another

Everyone talks enough

And my back feels cold on this wall

Your breath keeps me warm

As you breathe down the nape of my neck

And I've felt enough

Well take this from me

If you were really me

You'd be dead already

Nurse, tie him to the chair, let no one interfere

Now keep this hallway clear, I'm the doctor here

His pupils dilate like no one I have seen

His heart will regulate as soon as he can dream

This man's a mess I swear and prone to misbehave

There is no question here that this one I can save

This is my last breath

But I never could forgive myself

Waking up in bed so I can never speak a word

How could you do this to yourself?

Keep your eyes closed tight

There's nothing here to see

I feared them when I was young

Now they've become much stronger than me

Bound to hold these secret ghosts

Don't let them, don't let them see what I have done

Don't call me crazy I'm an ape inside a cage

They sit in excess as my mind disintegrates

These creatures on my arms are peeling back the skin

I'm trapped inside this hell, the pain inside me lives

I could, I could never see, I could never see

I could never see this failure that was left for me

There's nothing here to see

I feared them when I was young

Now they've become much stronger than me

Bound to hold these secret ghosts

Don't let them, don't let them see what I have done

Your voice is louder as I wake

Can I find you here as my body

And face, nothing stays the same

Can I lay my head down next to you

I feared them when I was young

Now they've become much stronger than me

Bound to hold these secret ghosts

Don't let them, don't let them see what I have done

I feared them when I was young

Now they've become much stronger than me

Bound to hold these secret ghosts

Don't let them, don't let them see I'm on my own