
Date of issue: 31.12.1997
Record label: Virgin
Song language: English
In The Cage |
I got sunshine in my stomach |
Like I just rocked my baby to sleep |
I got sunshine in my stomach |
But I can’t keep me from creeping sleep |
Sleep, deep in the deep |
Rockface moves to press my skin |
White liquids turn sour within |
Turn fast-turn sour |
Turn sweat-turn sour |
Must tell myself that I’m not here |
I’m drowning in a liquid fear |
Bottled in a strong compression |
My distortion shows obsession |
In the cave |
Get me out of this cave |
If I keep self-control |
I’ll be safe in my soul |
And the childhood belief |
Brings a moment’s relief |
But my cynic soon returns |
And the lifeboat burns |
My spirit just never learns |
Stalactites, stalagmites |
Shut me in, lock me tight |
Lips are dry, throat is dry |
Feel like burning, stomach churning |
I’m dressed up in a white costume |
Padding out leftover room |
Body stretching, feel the wretching |
In the cage |
Get me out of this cage |
In the glare of a light |
I see a strange kind of sight; |
Of cages joined to form a star |
Each person can’t go very far; |
All tied to their things |
They are netted by their strings |
Free to flutter in memories of their wasted wings |
Outside the cage I see my brother John |
He turns his head so slowly round |
I cry out help! |
before he can be gone |
And he looks at me without a sound |
And I shout 'John please help me!' |
But he does not even want to try to speak |
I’m helpless in my violent rage |
And a silent tear of blood dribbles down his cheek |
And I watch him turn again and leave the cage |
My little runaway |
(Raindrops keep falling on my head, they keep falling on my…) |
In a trap, feel a strap |
Holding still. |
Pinned for kill |
Chances narrow that I’ll make it |
In the cushioned straight-jacket |
Just like 22nd Street |
When they got me by my neck and feet |
Pressure’s building, can’t take any more |
My headaches charge, my earaches roar |
In this pain |
Get me out of this pain |
If I could change to liquid |
I could fill the cracks up in the rock |
But I know that I am solid |
And I am my own bad luck |
But outside John disappears and my cage dissolves |
And without any reason my body revolves |
Keep on turning |
Keep on turning |
Turning around |
Just spinning around |
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