Back Against The Wall Lyrics

Lyric discussion by wherehowz 

Cover art for Back Against The Wall lyrics by Cage the Elephant

This is might be completely wrong...but on the off chance that you like the interpretation, feel free to email me with special comments and what not wherehowz@yahoo.com

Tonight I�ll have a look And try to find my face again Buried beneath this house My spirit screams and dies again Out back a monster wears a cloak of Persian leather Behind the TV screen I've fallen to my knees

-in short, he is living two lives, one of which he is very ashamed of which makes him scream and die inside. he calls himself a monster, and the cloak symbolizes that he is hiding his lies from someone..maybe a girlfriend?

I said you got me where you want me again And I can�t turn away I'm hanging by thread and I'm feelin� like a fool I'm stuck here in-between The shadows of my yesterday I want to get away I need to get away

-he feels that his g/f is catching on and that it is inevitable that she will find out and confront him that he is scared of. he is very ashamed of this and feels stuck because he has already done it and cant take it back. he wants to get away so that he doesnt have to deal with the consequences

Blanket of silence Makes me want to sink my teeth in deep Burn all the evidence A fabricated disbelief Pull back the curtains Took a look into your eyes My tongue has now become A platform for your lies

-the blanket of silence refers to when he is with his girlfriend and is scared that she will confront him about his lies. he wants to take it all back but he cant. when he pulls back the curtains and looks into her eyes, he is telling her another lie, which is why he says his tongue is the platform for her lies...because he makes them up

I said you got me where you want me again And I can�t turn away I'm hanging by thread and I'm feelin� like a fool I'm stuck here in-between The shadows of my yesterday I want to get away I need to get away

^ive already talked about this part^

Now you know Yeah you got my back against the wall Oh god I ain't got no other place to hide Chained down Like a sittin� duck just waitin� for the fall You know Yeah you got my back against the wall

-his back is against the wall because he is with her and has no way of getting away. he is a sitting duck because at any moment she can just confront him about his lies.

Deep in the jungle Camouflaged by all the fallen leaves A hand holds up the sky While shamefully I make my plea The alters callin� But my legs won�t seem to stand Guess I'm a coward Scared to face the man I am

-he is deep in all of these lies and comoflagued by all of the lies. and he has a chance to admit all of his lies that he is ashamed of, and he just isnt able to do it because he is sooo embarrassed and ashamed of them.

I said you got me where you want me again And I can�t turn away I'm hanging by thread and I'm feelin� like a fool I'm stuck here in-between The shadows of my yesterday I want to get away I need to get away

Now you know Yeah you got my back against the wall Oh god I ain't got no other place to hide Chained down Like a sittin� duck just waitin� for the fall You know Yeah you got my back against the wall

Now you know Yeah you got my back against the wall Oh god I ain't got no other place to hide Chained down Like a sittin� duck just waitin� for the fall You know Yeah you got my back against the wall

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