Pacing The Cage

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[Verse 1]
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Sunset is an angel weeping
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Holding out a bloody sword
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No matter how I squint, I cannot
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Make out what it's pointing toward
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Sometimes you feel like you lived too long
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Days drip slowly on the page
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You catch yourself pacing the cage


[Verse 2]
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I've proven who I am so many times
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The magnetic strip's worn thin
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And each time I was someone else
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And everyone was taken in
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Powers chatter in high places
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Stir up eddies in the dust of rage
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Set me to pacing the cage


[Verse 3]
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I never knew what you all wanted
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So I gave you everything
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All that I could pillage
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All the spells that I could sing
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It's as if the thing were written
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In the constitution of the age
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Sooner or later you'll wind up pacing the cage


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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Sometimes the best map will not guide you
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You can't see what's round the bend
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Sometimes the road leads through dark places
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Sometimes the darkness is your friend
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Today these eyes scan bleached out land
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For the coming of the outbound stage
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Pacing the cage
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Pacing the cage