Back Into the Cage Songtext
von Jeff Elbel + Ping

I tried to keep it
My dirty secret′s out
I've been bluffing
I′m holding nothing
Lurching from the
Gurney to the floor

Clear the aisle I'm flapping wildly
Trying to hold it all down

See my bloody miracle and
Try to force a smile
Think my mind just might let go
This body for a while
Worry that there's no one left
To meet that wide-eyed gaze
And claw my way straight back into the cage


Stitch the structure
Repair the ruptured vein
Silent outside
Rumble in my brain
Dripping from the mirror
Ashen gray

Bend the lines away from here and
Shine them where they belong

Watch that quaking captive soul
She′s lost her angel smile
Think my mind just might let go
This body for a while
Flagging by the wayside with my
Colors on display, I
Claw my way straight back into the cage

Every father does a little addition
Counting twenty is a noble tradition

I can still remember when
She taught me how to smile
Lean against ceramic cool
But only for a while
Fling a motion heavenward
That all will be okay
And claw my way straight back into the cage