Pacing The Cage

sunset is an angel weeping

holding out a bloody sword

no matter how i squint, i cannot

make out what it's pointing toward

sometimes you feel like you've lived too long

days drip slowly on the page

you catch yourself pacing the cage

i've proven who i am so many times

the magnetic strip's worn thin

and each time i was someone else

and everyone was taken in

powers chatter in high places

stir up eddies in the dust of rage

set me to pacing the cage

i never knew what you all wanted

so i gave you everything

all that i could pillage

all the spells that i could sing

it's as if the thing were written

in the constitution of the age

sooner or later, you'll wind up pacing the cage

sometimes the best map will not guide you

and you can't see what's 'round the bend

sometimes the road leads through dark places

sometimes the darkness is your friend

today these eyes scan bleached-out land

for the coming of the outbound stage

...pacing the cage