"The Cage" is a wolf story. A wolf is locked into a cage and you have to save it. There's a certain kind of "get free from the chains" side to this story. There's not always a deeper meaning to the lyrics, because if you start dealing with the bad things in the music, you can totally ruin the music.
This is from an interview to Tony Kakko;
"The Cage" is a wolf story. A wolf is locked into a cage and you have to save it. There's a certain kind of "get free from the chains" side to this story. There's not always a deeper meaning to the lyrics, because if you start dealing with the bad things in the music, you can totally ruin the music.
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