Empty Cages

Waiting in the wings Your courage sings before you falter It's just another way to say What's there but never shows It's just another day to lay Your sins before the altar And where it's going to end This time around nobody knows Every time it seems That you have gained an understanding Those devils at your heels reach up And try to tip the scales Waking from a dream You see it's all been done without you And every vain attempt to make it stay Is destined to fail Fury rages through your restless days Shades of time that's gone before Empty cages where the prisoner plays 'Til the door swings closed behind for evermore Evermore, evermore Long before we come of age We yearn to leave the garden And wrestle with a myth The hand of fate has faintly drawn But somewhere on the way We feel our hearts begin to harden And see just as we learn To turn around, the garden is gone Fury rages through your restless days Shades of time that's gone before Empty cages where the prisoner plays 'Til the door swings closed behind for evermore Evermore, evermore