Welcome to the story of a man who lived his whole life inside of a cage
On the day of his birth he’d be locked away and there he’d remain
Shown town to town where people would come from near and far away
Always amazed by the person who spent his entire life inside of a cage
A sole attraction of a freak show that his parents helped create
With all eyes on him, the attention just further facilitated his pain
‘cause from the other side looking out, the world seemed cruel and vain
Who on earth would lock someone for their entire life inside of a cage?
His cage would be put on a stage where others could point and laugh away
Their mocking voices and patronizing stares drove him insane
But he never longed to escape; couldn’t imagine life outside of his cage
He just wished that all the nagging voices and eyes could dissipate
Until one day he caught a glimpse of a pair of eyes bleeding grace
She reached up through the bars and wasn’t afraid to touch his face
She whispered to him that she’d never seen anyone so beautiful before
She said, “it’s time someone loved you for all that you are and so much more”
Her name was Jade and she came to visit him every single day
Because of her, he finally envisioned a life outside of his cage
Told him about all the grand things that the outside world had to offer
And one day she picked the lock and led him outside to wander
They ran up and down the streets, for the first time in his life he felt complete
No longer contained within the cage, he was finally free
At the end of the day, he had no compulsion to return back to the cage
He went to his parents and demanded all the money that he had made
And then bought an apartment in the city and moved into it with Jade
They lived, laughed, loved together and for awhile everything was okay
Until one day much later on he noticed that something within had changed
He wanted things to stay the same, but couldn’t realize it doesn’t go that way
All they did was argue now it seems, the paradigm had totally shifted
He’d do anything to get that feeling back, if there had been a chance he missed it
As time went on Jade and him grew more and more distant
She regretted ever letting him out of the cage, she broke his spirit
As their relationship spiraled out of control, he tried his best to hold onto hope
But sometimes hope can be tied as tight as a noose at the end of a rope
And then one night he came home to find Jade in bed with another man
He retreated back to the cage again for good, never to come out again