Right now I feel like a bird
caged without a key
Ev'ryone comes to stare at me
with so much joy and reverie
They don't know how I feel inside
Through my smile I cry

They don't know what they're doing to me
keeping me from flying
That's why I say that I know why
the caged bird sings
Only joy comes from song

She's so rare and beautiful to others
Why not just set her free
so she can fly, fly, fly
spreading her wings and her song?
Let her fly, fly, fly
the whole world to see

She's like a caged bird
Fly, fly, ooh, just let her fly
just let her fly, just let her fly
spread her wings
spread beauty, mm


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Caged Bird Lyrics as written by Alicia J. Augello-cook

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    “Caged Bird” is a song written by American song writer, musician and actress, Alicia Auguello Cook, better known as Alicia Keys off her debut CD “Songs in A Minor”.

    The song describes and compares an individual to, “a bird caged without a key”. The individual is crying out for help, but no one knows and understands how she feels on the inside. She pretends to be happy amongst the people around her, but in fact she is hurting from tremendous amounts of pain and suffering

    The individual knows she has the potential to do well, but does not see herself true yet, because of the limits of her confinement. She feels the need to blossom and evolve, but is being held back from the world, showing her true beauty and talent.

    “Only joy comes from song” (quoted from the song itself), relates to the individual’s desperate situation, in the sense that she feels trapped and lost within her confinement. She has begun to see herself as having nothing to lose by doing what she loves to do, by bringing about the only joy and happiness to her heart. The caged bird sings because; only joy comes from song and that song is the only joyful feeling the individual is left with, in light of her situation.

    The individual’s hopes ride in search of freedom, and is left with no choice but to accept her fate. The artist creates a strong impression of utmost desperation and it strikes to me, as a heart rendering cry for someone’s help;, who is willing enough to care and to understand the individual’s crisis at hand.

    Summarized and written by Chad-wick Smith.

    10/8/10

    cwickon October 09, 2010   Link

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