Empty Cages – Dan Fogelberg – letras

Waiting in the wingsYour courage sings before you falter . . .It’s just another way to saywhat’s there but never showsIt’s just another day to layyour sins before the altarAnd where it’s going to endthis time around nobody knows.Every time it seems that youhave gained an understandingThose devils at your heelsreach up and try to tip the scalesWaking from a dreamyou see it’s all been done without youAnd every vain attempt to make it stayIs destined to fail.CHORUSFury rages through your restless daysShades of time that’s gone beforeEmpty cages where the prisoner plays’Til the door swings closed behind for evermore . . .Evermore…Evermore…Long before we come ofage we yearn to leave the gardenAnd wrestle with a myththe hand of fatehas faintly drawnBut somewhere on the waywe feel our hearts begin to hardenAnd see just as we learnto turn aroundthe garden is gone.Fury rages through your restless daysShades of time that’s gone beforeEmpty cages where the prisoner plays’Til the door swings closedbehind for evermore . . .Evermore…