Laying in the dust feeling the cold.
Take me if you must but not for too long.

'Cause I feel so safe hiding my face like ugly birds in a beautiful cage.
A bad actress in a wonderful play. An ugly bird in a beautiful cage.
And I will stay the same.

I have plastic eyes and a heart made of snow.
I love swimming up high and flying down low.

'Cause I feel so safe hiding my face like ugly birds in a beautiful cage.
A bad actress in a wonderful play. An ugly bird in a beautiful cage.
And I will stay the same.

Just pull me out now.
Oh, will you just pull me out now.

'Cause I feel so safe hiding my face like ugly birds in a beautiful cage.
A bad actress in a fucked up way. An ugly bird in a beautiful cage.
And I will stay the same.


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    Darren said, at one of his shows, that this song was about becoming more and more reclusive. And yeah, the song title was from a video of poor messed-up chickens in a shiny new cage.

    chloeabc123on January 03, 2009   Link

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