Pacing the Cage with Bruce Cockburn

I have been listening to this song over and over again for about a week now.  Took the CD out from the library and discovered this 1995 song, Pacing the Cage.  Love it.




Best lyrics in the song:

I have proven who I am so many times

The magnetic strips worn thin

And each time I was someone else

And everyone was taken in

I never knew what you all wanted

So I gave you everything

All that I could pillage

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

Sometimes the best map will not guide you

You can't see what's round the bend

Sometimes the road leads to dark places

Sometimes the darkness is your friend

Lyrics are musical poetry.  Beautiful things.

Bruce Cockburn website