i have a good feeling that this song is about the passing of Layne Staley. "i coughed up the price, i bought a cage" the cage symbolizes heroin... which led to Staley's premature death. RIP Layne Staley
@SwornToTheBlack It's about Jerry himself. He "coughed up the price" (meaning, it was a cage of his own making, from the time he was young, he built it with himself with his talent and drive), and crawled into it as part of his rock n roll lifestyle.
@SwornToTheBlack It's about Jerry himself. He "coughed up the price" (meaning, it was a cage of his own making, from the time he was young, he built it with himself with his talent and drive), and crawled into it as part of his rock n roll lifestyle.
It all seemed exciting at first, but he found out that as time passed, that he was trapped in that lifestyle, where everything was offered to him on a platter (especially drugs and women), yet what he wanted most--a life with the love of his life--he couldn't have because the life...
It all seemed exciting at first, but he found out that as time passed, that he was trapped in that lifestyle, where everything was offered to him on a platter (especially drugs and women), yet what he wanted most--a life with the love of his life--he couldn't have because the life he led got in the way. And he couldn't just leave his life after all he'd done to get to that point to become successful.
So his life was a living Catch-22. And he discovered that the lifestyle he's caged within is constantly being watched by concert audiences, his management, the media, his family, and inevitably, the world, all watching him very closely--like a beautiful blonde bird trapped in a gilded cage performing for all to see--he couldn't escape from the cage he built around himself.
i have a good feeling that this song is about the passing of Layne Staley. "i coughed up the price, i bought a cage" the cage symbolizes heroin... which led to Staley's premature death. RIP Layne Staley
@SwornToTheBlack this was written and recorded before Layne's death
@SwornToTheBlack this was written and recorded before Layne's death
@SwornToTheBlack It's about Jerry himself. He "coughed up the price" (meaning, it was a cage of his own making, from the time he was young, he built it with himself with his talent and drive), and crawled into it as part of his rock n roll lifestyle.
@SwornToTheBlack It's about Jerry himself. He "coughed up the price" (meaning, it was a cage of his own making, from the time he was young, he built it with himself with his talent and drive), and crawled into it as part of his rock n roll lifestyle.
It all seemed exciting at first, but he found out that as time passed, that he was trapped in that lifestyle, where everything was offered to him on a platter (especially drugs and women), yet what he wanted most--a life with the love of his life--he couldn't have because the life...
It all seemed exciting at first, but he found out that as time passed, that he was trapped in that lifestyle, where everything was offered to him on a platter (especially drugs and women), yet what he wanted most--a life with the love of his life--he couldn't have because the life he led got in the way. And he couldn't just leave his life after all he'd done to get to that point to become successful.
So his life was a living Catch-22. And he discovered that the lifestyle he's caged within is constantly being watched by concert audiences, his management, the media, his family, and inevitably, the world, all watching him very closely--like a beautiful blonde bird trapped in a gilded cage performing for all to see--he couldn't escape from the cage he built around himself.