Broken Cage

Well I’m looking for experience in the things that make me lonely

To keep my mother up at night and make my loved ones worry

About the path I chose and our fragile mental state

They’re all worried I might snap and they’re wondering if I’m crazy

While I’ve never been the one to lie awake at night

Nowadays in bed well my mind starts to unwind

Thinkin’ ‘bout the months ahead and all my love has searched for

And I’m worried that I’m losing all the things that I have worked for

Roll me slowly

Roll me fast against the waves

Because we’re headed east and I’ll carry my lonely

Heart in a broken cage

Now morning’s getting rough at times it takes a little whiskey

‘Cause out here on the trail, it’s all pretty painted ladies

Who climb up on your knee and they’ll ask for every story

To make you forget about the bloodshed and the glory

Roll me slowly

Roll me fast against the waves

Because we’re headed east and I’ll carry my lonely

Heart in a broken cage

Now lookin’ at our friends, all married having babies

Crawl inside my head and I’ll start believing maybe

There’s better ways to do this, can’t remember your birthday

But I’ll name every dive bar from here to Missouri

Roll me slowly

Roll me fast against the waves

Because we’re headed east and I’ll carry my lonely

Heart in a broken cage

I want a big white light going off in my head

And I’ll stop wanting to be something that is different now and dead

Living forty-two lifetimes alone in my head

Am I drowning in this sorrow?

Or maybe I am dead?