My Own Cage

Verse 1

I built the bars myself last spring

Every weld a quiet little vow

Left the doorway standing open wide

Then I painted over it somehow

Pre-Chorus

And I know the lock

I forged it with my hands

I know the lock

Still I will not understand

Chorus

I'm trapped in a cage of my own design

Trapped in a cage of my own design

The door was never locked

The door was never locked

And I stay anyway

I stay anyway

Verse 2

Folded all my maps into a drawer

Told myself the walls were kind

Counted every reason not to leave

Left a thousand better ones behind

Pre-Chorus

And I know the lock

I turned it slow and sure

I know the lock

And I keep coming back for more

Chorus

I'm trapped in a cage of my own design

Trapped in a cage of my own design

The door was never locked

The door was never locked

And I stay anyway

I stay anyway

Bridge

Maybe I am scared of open air

Maybe I am scared of being free

Maybe I am scared of who I'd be

Outside of this

Outside of me

Chorus

I'm trapped in a cage of my own design

Trapped in a cage of my own design

The door was never locked

The door was never locked

And I stay anyway

I stay anyway

Outro

(Stay anyway)

(Stay anyway)

Mm