F C A# Sunset is an angel weeping F C A# Holding out a bloody sword F C A# No matter how I squint I cannot F C A# Make out what itʼs pointing toward A# C Sometimes you feel like youʼve lived too long Dm Dm Dm A# A#maj7 Days drip slowly on the page A#maj7 You catch yourself Pacing the cage F C A# Iʼve proven who I am so many times F C A# The magnetic strips worn thin F C A# And each time I was someone else F C A# And everyone was taken in A# C Powers chatter in high places Dm Dm Dm A# A#maj7 Stir up eddies in the dust of rage A#maj7 Set me to pacing the cage F C A# I never knew what you all wanted F C A# So I gave you everything F C A# All that I could pillage F C A# All the spells that I could sing A# C Itʼs as if the thing were written Dm Dm Dm A# A#maj7 In the constitution of the age A#maj7 Sooner or later youʼll wind up Pacing the cage F C A# Sometimes the best map will not guide you F C A# You canʼt see whatʼs round the bend F C A# Sometimes the road leads through dark places F C A# Sometimes the darkness is your friend A# C Today these eyes scan bleached out land Dm Dm Dm A# A#maj7 For the coming of the outbound stage A#maj7 Pacing the cage F Pacing the cage
