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Swimming in a Cage Lyrics
I waited til the morning to put my pen to use.
I wrote it out a hundred times, but it never seemed as true
as when I stumbled home and felt
the words upon my lips.
You grabbed me by my arm and smelt
the liquor in my truth.
I said, “I’m swimming in a cage.”
The morning rose in silence, and I watched it fill the room.
Earlier than dawn, you crept into the kitchen’s light.
You always were an early bird, and I
was always tired.
So I laid in bed, all warm and wake
and thought about the coming days.
I said, “I’m swimming in a cage. I’m swimming in a cage.”
I folded up my page and left it by the kitchen sink,
where I knew that you would find it when you came back from New York.
You’d be sitting down the basket full of
apples from the tree,
and with two hands you would open up my letter
and begin to read:
“I’m swimming in a cage,
and I don’t want you drowning.”
And as my boots turned up dust, I just hoped for understanding…
I wrote it out a hundred times, but it never seemed as true
as when I stumbled home and felt
the words upon my lips.
You grabbed me by my arm and smelt
the liquor in my truth.
I said, “I’m swimming in a cage.”
Earlier than dawn, you crept into the kitchen’s light.
You always were an early bird, and I
was always tired.
So I laid in bed, all warm and wake
and thought about the coming days.
I said, “I’m swimming in a cage. I’m swimming in a cage.”
where I knew that you would find it when you came back from New York.
You’d be sitting down the basket full of
apples from the tree,
and with two hands you would open up my letter
and begin to read:
“I’m swimming in a cage,
and I don’t want you drowning.”
And as my boots turned up dust, I just hoped for understanding…
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