In The Cage

Genesis

   Bm                   A
   I got sunshine in my stomach
   G                      Bm
   Like I just rocked my baby to sleep.
   Bm/F#          A/E
   I got sunshine in my stomach
   G/D        A/C#    G/D      A/C#
   But I can't keep me from creeping sleep,
   G/D    A/C#        Bm
   Sleep, deep in the deep.

   Ebm
1. Rockface moves to press my skin
   Bm
   White liquid turn sour within
   Ebm
   Turn fast - turn sour
   Bm
   Turn sweat - turn sour.
   Ebm
   Must tell myself that I'm not here.
   Bm
   I'm drowning in a liquid fear.
   Ebm
   Bottled in a strong compression,
   Bm
   My distortion shows obsession
   Ebm          Bm
   In the cave
   Ebm      Bm
   Get me out of this cave!

    Eb                Ab
R1: If I keep my self-control,
    Eb         Ab
    I'll be safe in my soul.
    Eb          Ab
    And the childhood belief
    Eb          Ab
    Brings a moment's relief,
    C#m
    But my cynic soon returns
    Ab
    And the lifeboat burns.
    C#m    A           F#
    My spirit just never learns.

2. Stalactites, stalagmites
   Shut me in, lock me tight.
   Lips are dry, throat is dry.
   Feel like burning, stomach churning,
   I'm dressed up in a white costume
   Padding out leftover room.
   Body stretching, 
   feel the wretching
   In the cage
   Get me out of the cage!

R2: In the glare of a light,
    I see a strange kind of sight;
    Of cages joined to form a star
    Each person can't go very far;
    All tied to their things
    They're netted by their strings,
    Free to flutter in memories of their wasted wings.

   F                         Ddim
*: Outside the cage I see my Brother John,
   Eb
   He turns his head so slowly round.
   B
   I cry out Help! before he can be gone,
   Eb                           B
   And he looks at me without a sound.
   Ddim
   And I shout out 'John please help me!'
   Eb                           B
   But he does not even want to try to speak.
   Eb                          B
   I'm helpless in my violent rage
   Ab             Eb             Fm7(no5)   Eb
   And a silent tear of blood dribbles down his cheek,
   Abm            B                  Ebsus4
   And I watch him turn away and leave the cage.
   B
   My little runaway.

  Eb 
(Raindrops keep falling on my head, they keep falling on my...)

3. In a trap, feel a strap
   Holding still. Pinned for kill.
   Chances narrow that I'll make it,
   In the cushioned straight-jacket.
   Just like 22nd Street,
   They got me by my neck and feet.
   Pressures building, can't take more.
   My headaches charge, earaches roar.
   In this pain,
   Get me out of this pain!

R3: If I could change to liquid,
    I could fill the cracks up in the rocks.
    I know that I am solid
    And I am my own bad luck.                      
    Outside John disappears, 
    my cage dissolves,
    without any reason my body revolves.

Ebm     Bm
Keep on turning,
Ebm     Bm
Keep on turning,
Ebm    Bm
Turning around,
Ebm    Bm
spinning around.