Bruce Cockburn – Pacing the Cage

Sunset is an angel weeping,
Holding out a bloody sword.
No matter how I squint I can not,
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'm with someone else,
And everyone was taken in.

Powers chatter in high places,
Stir up eddies in the dust of rage.
Suddenly you're 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 was written,
In the constitution of the age.
Sooner or later,
You'll end up pacing the cage.

Sometimes the best map will not guide you.
You can't see what's around the bend.
Sometimes the road leads through dark places.
Sometimes the darkness is your friend.

Today these eyes scan bleached-out lands,
For the coming of the outbound stage.
Pacing the cage.

Pacing the cage.

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