I am a bird trapped in a cage
Picking my feathers
Gone mad with rage
Once I flew high above great twilight cloud
Conquered my fear
Lived strong and proud
Now I have slipped into the great depth below
My body is sluggish
My mind it moves slow
There is no freedom for the likes of me
This life is a trial
My soul yearns to be free
No strength to be gained from things that have passed
Here in the moment
No memory can last
But if I am patient and if I am true
This cage will be broken
This sentence past due
And so while you laugh as you stare through the bars
My strength returns to me
I am made of the stars
You cannot control me though my body’s confined
My spirit eternal
No bars round my mind
