Pacing The Cage
Bruce Cockburn

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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 strips 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 ever 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

INSTR.

Sometimes the best map will not guide you
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
Pacing the cage