The Cage

I feel it

Feel it begging

Begging for release

Release from this cage

This cage I've built

I need to let it out

Out so it can grow

Grow and fight the poison

The poison killing me

Killing me from the inside out

I have the key

The key for the cage

The cage trapping my redemption

My redemption from this night

This night that rules me

I’m without light

Light that guides

Guides me from my destruction

My destruction I create

Create in spite

I run

Run to night’s bitter comfort

Bitter comfort I can’t let go

Can’t let go ‘cause I’m hooked

Hooked to my core

I like it there

There in the dark

The dark where I can hide

Hide in these lies

These lies familiar

I’ll be exposed

Exposed to the truth

The truth that I did this

This wounding of my soul

My soul forever scarred

I know

Know what I need

Need to release

Release the one thing

One thing that could save me

I need to let it

Let it chase

Chase away the night

The night that keeps

Keeps me in lies

I try

Try to free it

It seems so simple

Simple and yet I can’t

Can’t seem to do it

I want to be free

Free of this suffering

Suffering from the dark

Dark that suffocates

Suffocates my soul

I don’t remember

Remember the light

The light and its warmth

Warmth that soothes

Soothes my pain my soul

I realize

Realize it’s me

Me who’s trapped

Trapped in the cage

Cage unlocked

I have nothing

Nothing to stop

Stop my escape

My escape from this prison

Prison I designed

I like it here

Here in the night

The night that whispers lies

Lies I don’t believe

Don’t believe but I still listen