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.
 CHORUS
 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...