Pacing The Cage

E B A Sunset is an angel weeping E B A Holding out a bloody sword E B A No matter how I squint I cannot E B A Make out what it's pointing toward A B Sometimes you feel like you've lived too long C#m C#m/B C#m A Amaj7 Days drip slowly on the page Amaj 7 You catch yourself Pacing the cage E B A I've proven who I am so many times E B A The magnetic strips worn thin E B A And each time I was someone else E B A And everyone was taken in A B Powers chatter in high places C#m C#m/B C#m A Amaj7 Stir up eddies in the dust of rage Amaj 7 Set me to pacing the cage E B A I never knew what you all wanted E B A So I gave you everything E B A All that I could pillage E B A All the spells that I could sing A B It's as if the thing were written C#m C#m/B C#m A Amaj7 In the constitution of the age Amaj 7 Sooner or later you'll wind up Pacing the cage E B A Sometimes the best map will not guide you E B A You can't see what's round the bend E B A Sometimes the road leads through dark places E B A Sometimes the darkness is your friend A B Today these eyes scan bleached out land C#m C#m/B C#m A Amaj7 For the coming of the outbound stage Amaj 7 Pacing the cage E Pacing the cage