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Pacing the Cage Lyrics by Steve Bell

My Dinner with Bruce: Songs of Bruce Cockburn

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[Verse 1]
Sunset is an angel weeping
Holding out a bloody sword
No matter how I squint I cannot
Make out what it's pointing toward
Sometimes you feel you've lived too long
And the days drip slowly on the page
And you catch yourself
Pacing the cage
[Verse 2]
I've proven who I am so many times
The magnetic strip's worn thin
And each time I was someone else
And everyone was taken in
Powers chatter in high places
Stir up eddies in the dust of rage
Set me to pacing the cage
[Verse 3]
Never knеw what you all wanted
So I gave you evеrything
All that I could pillage
And all the spells that I could sing
It's as if the thing were written
In the constitution of the age
Sooner or later
You'll wind up pacing the cage
[Dobro Solo]
[Verse 4]
Sometimes the best map will not guide you
You can't see what's round the bend
Sometimes the road leads through dark places
Sometimes the darkness is your friend
Today these eyes scan bleached-out land
For the coming of the outbound stage
Pacing the cage
[Outro]
Pacing the cage
Credits
Steve Bell

Steve Bell

About “Pacing the Cage” by Steve Bell

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"Pacing the Cage" appears on "My Dinner with Bruce: Songs of Bruce Cockburn".

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