fish in a birdcage lyrics

do you find, I always come back with the same old lines? I’m tryna be as individual as you, as you

you gave me more than I could ask for - indistinguishability

losing your marbles is fun, boy!

ashes to ashes, dust to dust filling up my coffee cup one way to shake me up I never wanted to sleep

you spit facts on the floor like your life means something more but we’re the same soul, skin and veins

it has to be true I’m counting on you to be my wings and my eyes

you were a wanderer back when you were young I remember your eyes were clear, brighter than the sun with hands so soft, delicate and sweet you learned to fall and balance on your own two feet

trust yourself and live it your way

as I breathe into our silence there’s a voice that comforts me it’s a voice of understanding it’s the voice of empathy

I, I’ve never seen a storm this fierce I, I’m feeling rather small in here as the wall starts to compress shifting, squirming, restlessness

yet I’d like to bring forth my weakness and show it in full, let’s give it a name

no, don’t forget that your heart’s still beating

when I wanna be a burden to my own soul he reminds me of my youth or when I had goals he simply will not let me be caged inside a misery

see, I’m out living one hell of a life digging these trenches that I call mine I can see you’ve been digging yours too from the scars on your hands, and those broken old boots but look in your eyes, I know we’re the same that’s why you and I both haven’t caved

I am a fish inside a birdcage my brother always sings me songs with his beak he tries to soothe me he makes me feel that I belong

I’m now aware of incompleteness

elder, won’t you let us decide? I’d like to heal from the greed and the lies

with her toy, she starts to play a simple song, to ease the pain of her youth a verse she choked through glistening rain touched her chin as she confessed to the sin that had stained a velvet dress she saved

patiently, I listen idly to the thoughts that are passing by and what I see grows beneath a tree floating through my mind

a train broke off its tracks and now it’s climbing up my back it was passing by my chest providing rumbling restlessness