Bruce Cockburn Pacing The Cage Lyrics

Pacing The Cage Lyrics

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 live 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 every one
was taken in
Hours 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
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.