Birdcage Lyrics
That you took it so badly
And acted so madly
So scared
Like a baby in the morning
With sunlight unfolding
And are holding me inside your story
In the end
You'll be starting a new one
Of anguish and delusions
Just like a magician
Who has just cast his illusion
Of castles and sandstoneds
On the backbeach
And bright lights within your reach
Of a warning by the morning
Of hound dogs coming for me
With the ropes
Leading back to your knees
And you lookin' straight at me
With a basket of flowers just for me
As the bells in the trees up above
All swung and rang softly
You said you rang them for me
For me
ok rather than b*tching about why nobody's posted on such a great song, i'm going to offer my theory on why nobody's posted on such a great song. i think it's because this is the last track on the wallflowers least-selling album. hence, nobody's heard it.
that being said, this song is amazing. so full of feeling, yet so simple at the same time. the wallflowers have an amazing talent for making songs that way, and i really love the little hidden track after this too. jakob dylan is an amazing songwriter.
I think it's about a miserable lover (let's say 'she') who leaves the writer--enticed by the hope of happiness with someone else. She doesn't find happiness with the new lover because she is the source of her own misery. She very intentionally seeks out her past lover (the writer).