Wooden Cages

Baby, if you knew
How deeply devoted
I was to you
Then you'd see
your utterly undeniable responsibility
To be
Utterly devoted to me

In a world full of strangers
You'll always be in danger
I just wish you knew who I was

Please call your operator
Then ask for my father
Maybe he can tell you
Who I was

Just a puppet
Who could not see
The manipulators
And their strings?
Just a weary hero
downing more liquor
I will never
Become a sage
By staying in this wooden cage.

I know when I grit my teeth
that I could break free
So would you please
Come find me
Cause I can't do this
When I just think of how to bleed