UNCAGED. LYRICS 

All lyrics and music for UNCAGED. By Daniel Sherman. 

This record is the dream that became reality. Almost every word in this document was written on the same night. For almost two years, this album existed only through these lyrics and through the sounds that echoed in my head from the very beginning. 

It is one of my proudest accomplishments to be able to share these lyrics and the album with you in it’s finalized state. 

Whatever it is you’re afraid of, whatever darkness you’re facing, whatever memories are weighing you down, whatever voices are speaking lies to you, and whatever trials you’re attempting to break through, remember that everything and everyone has an end. Both you and your darkness will end. 

As you listen to this album, and as you analyze these words, ask yourself humbly and honestly: 

“Who am I at the end?” 

Thank you for your support, and enjoy UNCAGED.. 

 

 

INSIDE. 

(ALL HAIL CAGEBURNER.) 

(AWAKEN AND ENCOUNTER THE UNCAGED.) 

I don’t want to stay inside 

I don’t want to stay inside 

I don’t want to stay inside tonight 

I don’t want to stay inside 

I don’t want to stay inside 

I don’t want to stay inside tonight 

 

I’ve been in too long, I’m tryna get free 

In my head all wrong, I can’t catch sleep 

Gotta be a way to run, you can’t catch me 

Better see the outside world before the next dream 

Better be somebody out there feeling just like me 

Gotta be a person thinking days feel like weeks 

I’ma freak out if The Sun’s tryna stay down 

Get me out of the house 

I think I’ma break now 

Everybody in the universe is staying inside 

I can’t lie 

It’s kinda crazy how we all hate life 

We’re taking it for granted every day when everything’s fine 

Now I’m recognizing that the way it was is my 

Greatest desire 

I need people, I feel uninspired 

The voice in my head is getting tired 

From conversating with me, he’s a liar 

Before the door closed, I told him he was fired 

But now with this he’s come out of retirement… 

I can’t even finish a verse... 

It’s like I’m talking to myself… 

Hey… Can you open the door please? 

 

I don’t want to stay inside 

I don’t want to stay inside 

I don’t want to stay inside tonight 

I don’t want to stay inside 

I don’t want to stay inside 

I don’t want to stay inside tonight 

 

(WE EXTEND TO YOU OUR CORDIAL INVITATION TO THE UNCAGED.) 

(UPON YOUR AWAKENING TO THE REALIZATION OF YOUR DEPRIVED STATE, YOU HAVE NOW QUALIFIED FOR MEMBERSHIP.) 

(FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS AWAIT BEYOND YOUR CAGE.) 

(JOIN US IN THE FLAME.) 

(YOU WILL NEVER BE ALONE AGAIN.) 

 

Knock knock, who’s there? 

No one on the other end 

Tick tock, slow clock 

I think I’m my only friend 

No one there to listen to me sitting reminiscing 

Fully missing what I’m hitting with a synth a little kick 

I’m on a mission, I’ve been spitting, I’ve been slipping 

Intermission, new invention I’m preventing going crazy living in my head 

I cannot stand this for one more second 

Open my door I’ll be good I swear it 

Let me out, let me out, don’t you sweat it 

When I’m let go, an album is where I’m headed 

This is intro 

Let me out of the door 

Got a home studio now, what am I waiting for? 

I can spend all quarantine making beats on the floor 

I can drop “INSIDE.” to let you know I’m dropping more ASAP 

Had a schedule, now it’s up in flames 

Now I’m locked in a prison, someday I’ll be UNCAGED. 

When I am, I’ma drop a record fully untamed 

My name better make you feel afraid 

“What’s he doing now?” 

“Solo series? Collab stuff?” 

Nah, some new sound 

We’re going back in my mind for another round 

We’ll see who survives, I’ll tame the storm now 

I’ll break the door down 

‘Cuz I’m out, I’m 

UNCAGED. 

 

 

THE FLORAL MASK I WEAR. 

Breathe in 

But my lungs don’t 

Feel it 

Reaching 

For the floral mask I wear 

 

I want to to rip it off 

And never see it again 

But I need it 

 

Fear and serenity 

Hand in hand 

Beautifully displayed on the floral mask I wear 

Hidden in plain sight 

Emphasize what I hide 

Showcase my true face on the floral mask I wear 

 

Fear and serenity 

Hand in hand 

Beautifully displayed on the floral mask I wear 

Hidden in plain sight 

Emphasize what I hide 

Showcase my true face on the floral mask I wear 

 

Freedom 

Welcomed but don’t 

See ‘em 

Reaching 

For the floral mask I wear 

 

I want to to rip it off 

And never see it again 

But I need it 

 

Fear and serenity 

Hand in hand 

Beautifully displayed on the floral mask I wear 

Hidden in plain sight 

Emphasize what I hide 

Showcase my true face on the floral mask I wear 

 

Fear and serenity 

Hand in hand 

Beautifully displayed on the floral mask I wear 

Hidden in plain sight 

Emphasize what I hide 

Showcase my true face on the floral mask I wear 

 

(HOW IS IT THAT A DEVICE REPRESENTATIVE OF A TERROR TO AN INVISIBLE ENEMY.) 

(CAN ALSO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH SOFT AND GENTLE FRAGILITY.?) 

(SUCH GORGEOUS AND BLOSSOMING HOPE AMIDST THE TENSIONS OF A WOUNDED WORLD.) 

(FEAR AND SERENITY HAND IN HAND.?) 

 

Do I scare you more 

With it on or off? 

Does it make a difference? 

You’ll never want me or 

The floral mask facade 

Still I go the distance 

I can’t ignore 

Why I put it on 

But it makes me feel this sickness 

You’ll never want me or 

The floral mask facade 

Still I go the distance 

 

Do I scare you more 

With it on or off? 

Does it make a difference? 

You’ll never want me or 

The floral mask facade 

Still I go the distance 

I can’t ignore 

Why I put it on 

But it makes me feel this sickness 

You’ll never want me or 

The floral mask facade 

Still I go the distance 

 

 

BULLETPROOF UMBRELLA. 

(IT’S A LEAP OF FAITH.) 

Whatchu wanna say to me? 

(I DON’T WANNA WAIT.) 

Never wanna but you pray for me? 

(IT’S A RAINYDAY.) 

Never isn’t with ya, water is your best friend 

Best end the streak and move to where your debts end 

(JUST STAY.) 

No, I can’t, you never told me what you meant 

(I COULDN’T SAY.) 

Never let opinions hold emotion back 

(I WANNA BREAK.) 

Never let the voices drag you under 

Sing a cover 

Release it and you’ll never love her 

 

I’m gonna say what I need to now 

Push me away if it freaks you out 

It may sound crazy but there is no doubt 

I need you to need me to need you stick around 

 

Yeah, know me better next time you do it to me 

Show me letters, spell it out and send it to me 

What I mean is all this is only for me 

Maybe all my die hards can get it fully 

But they’re the only ones 

Better let me tell you what I’m bumping when I come up 

Better let me tell you what is coming 

Is The Sun up? 

Better gimma cover 

BULLETPROOF UMBRELLA. 

Better get me safe, singing with me acapella 

 

I’m gonna say what I need to now 

Push me away if it freaks you out 

It may sound crazy but there is no doubt 

I need you to need me to need you stick around 

 

DON’T FREAK OUT. 

TRY TO LISTEN SLOWLY. 

I’M IN LOVE WITH THE SOUND. 

OF A SPEEDING BULLET. 

COMING OUT YOUR MOUTH. 

AND TOWARDS THE OPPONENT. 

I KNOW YOU WANNA LET ME OUT. 

SO JUST STEP TOWARD ME. 

 

DON’T FREAK OUT. 

TRY TO LISTEN SLOWLY. 

I’M IN LOVE WITH THE SOUND. 

OF A SPEEDING BULLET. 

COMING OUT YOUR MOUTH. 

AND TOWARDS THE OPPONENT. 

I KNOW YOU WANNA LET ME OUT. 

SO JUST STEP TOWARD ME. 

So just step toward me… 

 

BE MY BULLETPROOF UMBRELLA. 

BE MY BULLETPROOF UMBRELLA. 

BE MY BULLETPROOF UMBRELLA. 

BE MY BULLETPROOF UMBRELLA. 

 

 

UNCAGED. 

I know I’m gonna make it 

Breaking down the walls that I made 

I say to you 

“Join me and THE UNCAGED.” 

 

I was getting real sick of singing 

Sad songs in a new condition 

I say to you 

“Join me and THE UNCAGED.” 

 

There’s a people living nowhere 

There’s a place where we live lifeless 

Take a break and you can stay there 

And you may find yourself when the weights fall... 

 

Join me 

We can live with THE UNCAGED. 

Let your lungs release the breath that you’ve been holding in 

We can live together forever here 

Join me and THE UNCAGED. 

 

Join me 

We can dance with fire unscathed 

I believe the love in us is haunting me 

‘Cuz it’ll live forever and ever here 

So join me and THE UNCAGED. 

 

I know you’re gonna save it 

Never erase what is true 

I say to you 

Join me and THE UNCAGED. 

 

Hearts break but souls are mending 

THE FLAMES. call to us, but we’ll be alright! 

I say to you 

Join me and THE UNCAGED. 

 

Join me 

We can live with THE UNCAGED. 

Let your lungs release the breath that you’ve been holding in 

We can live together forever here 

Join me and THE UNCAGED. 

 

Join me 

We can dance with fire unscathed 

I believe the love in us is haunting me 

‘Cuz it’ll live forever and ever here 

So join me and THE UNCAGED. 

VOICES. 

I don’t want the noise in me every day 

Give me one shot to blow it away 

Choices voicing THE UNCAGED. 

Dance in the fire with me, no shame 

You’re gonna regret opening the cage 

Got me going mad, crazy, growing rage 

Went to where you said, no one in THE FLAME. 

What you wanna make me go insane? 

 

Okay 

I’m about to make it a freak show 

When the leaks go on my Twitter 

No one’ll peep, so what’s the difference? 

Nobody cares until the streams go up 

So for now, I’ll be speaking what I mean 

And what I mean is I got so much in me built up 

300 songs written, here’s another dope one 

I’m a Storyteller, all about the “so what?” 

The moral to this is I’ll be coming in hot 

Watch out 

Back up 

I’m a rabid animal 

Foaming 

My mouth 

Hazardous for you, you better go now 

Looking for my BULLETPROOF UMBRELLA. 

Never found one 

Still alone and looking for the people call ‘em THE UNCAGED. 

 

I know I’m being hunted 

Haven’t slept or recovered 

Gotta move or else I’m a goner 

When did my hair change color? 

Am I strange? Please tell me I’ve always wondered 

Yes, call me crazy but I think that I’m going under 

Some sort of a spell, this is counterfeit 

All of these voices and visions are blunders 

How could I believe ‘em? 

How could I believe ‘em? 

How could I believe ‘em? 

How could I believe ‘em? 

How could I believe ‘em? 

How could I believe ‘em? 

How could I believe ‘em? 

How could I believe ‘em? 

 

I don’t want the noise in me every day 

Give me one shot to blow it away 

Choices voicing THE UNCAGED. 

Dance in the fire with me, no shame 

You’re gonna regret opening the cage 

Got me going mad, crazy, growing rage 

Went to where you said, no one in THE FLAME. 

What you wanna make me go insane? 

 

Get me home, get me where I wanna go 

Give me hope, show me color, give me all of those 

Let it go, Danny Boy, stay low 

When the bullets fly, don’t keep your head exposed 

All of those ropes I was shown came untied 

Writing songs of a new kind, nothing like mine 

Walking through a field in a button down, a new tie 

All alone in a world wrecked by humankind 

 

Seclusion it saved me 

It also unmade me 

Everything is hazy 

My mental’s all mazey 

Can’t tell where I’m facing 

Whose voice am I chasing? 

I’m trapped in this racing 

I’m running for safety 

I’m ready for changing 

Never good at waiting 

Can I be unafraid please? 

I’m ready for shading 

Are THE UNCAGED. Lazy? 

I’m sick of this hazing 

Good luck, this my lane, see 

Are you tryna phase me? 

Look at me go 

I’m unstoppable 

I’ve been on a roll 

Ever since I started, so 

Get off the road 

If you don’t like it, though 

I’m in a mode 

To make a better world 

Follow me, follow me, I’m on a mission 

To look for some Heaven this side of Creation 

The message I’m sending is we all been sinning 

While looking for legacy that lasts forever 

 

Impossible 

Life ain’t about us, not at all 

Looking for a way to make yourself big will pop it all 

You are not prepared for your curtain call 

If you live your life to put your name in lights in front of all the people 

Who didn’t come for you, you’re an opener 

Main attraction is themselves, not you or her 

They came to do exactly what you did 

It’ll never work, look at what you’re choosing 

Come and join me and THE UNCAGED. 

Together we can live life unashamed 

From the world’s ways, untapped potential 

I’ll leave behind another letter 

See you soon, 

Sincerely, Daniel 

 

(LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.) 

(IT IS TIME FOR THE MAIN ATTRACTION.) 

(PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR YOUR CLOSING ACT.) 

(YOU ALREADY KNOW HIS NAME.) 

(ZUNIOQ.) 

 

 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

THE CIRCUS IS STARTING. 

(What?) 

THE CIRCUS IS STARTING. 

I BETTER GET READY ‘CUZ I AM THE CLOSER. 

I HEARD IT, THEY’RE CALLING. 

(CALLING. HMM.) 

I HEARD IT THEY’RE CALLING. 

THEY’RE SCREAMING MY NAME, KEEP IT UP ‘TIL IT’S OVER. 

 

‘CUZ I DON’T DO THIS MYSELF. 

‘CUZ I DON’T THINK, I JUST DO WHAT THEY TELL. 

I STEP OUT AND THEY CHEER FOR ME, WELL. 

I BETTER DELIVER, THE STAGE IS MY CELL. 

 

‘CUZ I DON’T DO THIS MYSELF. 

I DON’T THINK, I JUST DO WHAT THEY TELL. 

I STEP OUT AND THEY CHEER FOR ME, WELL. 

I BETTER DELIVER, THE STAGE IS MY CELL. 

 

Blink and I lose time again 

Blood is covering my hands 

Oh no, oh no, I killed another one of my best friends 

They don’t want me free from this 

They never stop whispering 

They live rent free in my head 

Wait they don’t exist 

Oh no, now I get it 

(huh?) 

 

Ima 

 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

 

YOU. 

SHOULD. 

RUN. 

FROM 

ME. 

(RUN.!) 

YOU. 

SHOULD. 

RUN. 

FROM 

ME. 

(RUN.!) 

YOU. 

SHOULD. 

RUN. 

FROM 

ME. 

(RUN.!) 

YOU. 

SHOULD. 

RUN. 

FROM 

ME. 

 

I DO BAD THINGS AND I HATE IT. 

GUILT BUILDS UP UNTIL I’M JADED. 

DOWNVOTE, DOWNVOTE. 

(ONE STAR RATING.) 

AND MY MORALITY IS FAILING. 

 

‘CUZ I DON’T DO THIS MYSELF. 

‘CUZ I DON’T THINK, I JUST DO WHAT THEY TELL. 

I STEP OUT AND THEY CHEER FOR ME, WELL. 

I BETTER DELIVER, THE STAGE IS MY CELL. 

 

‘CUZ I DON’T DO THIS MYSELF. 

‘CUZ I DON’T THINK, I JUST DO WHAT THEY TELL. 

I STEP OUT AND THEY CHEER FOR ME, WELL. 

I BETTER DELIVER, THE STAGE IS MY CELL. 

 

Stop, Ima 

 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

 

YOU. 

SHOULD. 

RUN. 

FROM 

ME. 

(RUN.!) 

YOU. 

SHOULD. 

RUN. 

FROM 

ME. 

(RUN.!) 

YOU. 

SHOULD. 

RUN. 

FROM 

ME. 

(RUN.!) 

YOU. 

SHOULD. 

RUN. 

FROM 

ME. 

 

You say I’m meant for more than this 

I don’t think I believe it 

You say I’m blessed, but I feel sick 

Cursed with all these demons 

You say my story’s a weapon 

And you want me to wield it 

I think I’d rather plead the 5th 

And kill the world with all my sins 

 

You say I’m meant for more than this 

I don’t think I believe it 

You say I’m blessed, but I feel sick 

Cursed with all these demons 

You say my story’s a weapon 

And you want me to wield it 

I think I’d rather plead the 5th 

And kill the world... 

 

I want to be a protagonist 

You made me my antagonist, why? 

I want to be a protagonist 

You made me my antagonist, why? 

I want to be a protagonist 

You made me my antagonist, why? 

I want to be a protagonist 

You made me my antagonist… 

 

(I’m, I’m, I’m, I’m, I’m, I’M, I’M- HUH.?) 

 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

KILLAKILLABADGUY. 

KILLAKILLA. 

(KILLAKILLA.) 

 

YOU. 

SHOULD. 

RUN. 

FROM 

ME. 

(RUN.!) 

YOU. 

SHOULD. 

RUN. 

FROM 

ME. 

(RUN.!) 

YOU. 

SHOULD. 

RUN. 

FROM 

ME. 

(RUN.!) 

YOU. 

SHOULD. 

RUN. 

FROM 

ME. 

 

 

HOSEA. 

You took the cure, and you’re still symptomatic 

You can say you’re clean, but you’re still the addict 

I punch the mirror 

I’m sick of you 

I’ve had enough 

I wanna erase me 

I wanna erase me 

 

Yeah, hey 

 

I played the whore again 

Hosea 4 again 

Was made for more than this 

I hammer nails into the board again 

It’s like I’m storing sins 

Up it’s a poor defense 

The biggest hypocrite, I’m sure of it 

Got no control of this 

Lost the remote I’m pissed 

I’m already cured, I’m im- 

-mune and imploring him 

To end the war I’m in 

 

Can you color me in from step one? 

If the drawing is redone, maybe I can be strong 

But right now, the color is fading, not long 

Before the lines break and my shape is all gone 

I need a reset, bring back 

Who I knew I could’ve been and 

Please get, me that 

Shoe you made me, I think I can 

Fit this time 

Before I never lived up 

If I have you pouring into me, maybe I’ll fill ‘em 

Every enemy you place before me, I’ma kill ‘em 

Before I let ‘em know me, made a pact and worked together 

Never ending road in front of me 

I’m coming clean to you because you 

Know me best, because you 

Say less, because you... 

 

You took the cure, and you’re still symptomatic 

You can say you’re clean, but you’re still the addict 

I punch the mirror 

I’m sick of you 

I’ve had enough 

I wanna erase me 

I wanna erase me 

 

I’ve been seduced by the darkness, I let it inside 

Even though I’m UNCAGED., a new prison resides 

In me this time 

Let it rip my life from under my Bible 

It’s crazy how the pages get heavier when your mind goes 

Crazy how the pain in me never emits the right plot 

Crazy how the enemy severs me 

(SUICIDE THOUGHTS.) 

Did it to myself, huh? Walking on a tightrope 

Then I took my scissors and cut it, surprised when I fall 

Why though? 

Why am I the KILLAKILLA. guy, huh? 

(KILLA.) 

Why strive for the light if at nightfall 

I’d try turning on fright, not the right call 

Might die if I fly 

(I’MA STILL TRY THOUGH.) 

Lyricism isn’t heroism, it’s another symptom 

Really isn’t what I needed, need to see the Spirit in ‘em 

Hearing demons in me isn’t fear, but stear clear a little 

Here I am God, can you use me for a holy mission? 

 

Give me trial, give me breakthrough 

Get me where I want to get to 

Give me smiles, give me sad tunes 

Give me everything, I cannot decide 

I don’t wanna be defined easy 

I don’t know what I do 

Let me live like a bad zoo 

UNCAGED. looking for a home that I’ve never even been to 

Pressing for a lifeline, what I’ve been through 

Has me feeling like I’m running out of air living on The Moon 

I wanna be somebody someday 

Want the world to shiver at the sound of my name 

Want to prove wrong every single somebody saying I ain’t anybody 

Want to write a new song saying you don’t care about me 

But I never cared what you said 

The truth is I know I am more, the shoe fits 

You’re clueless, saying I’m a kid, I’m useless 

Passion comes free, I don’t need your two cents 

I need to lose the floral mask that I wear 

I need to find THE FLAME. and burn me, I’m scared 

I don’t deserve this 

And that’s why I’m deserted 

So I need THE FLAME. to erase me and finally I’ll be 

Singing a song of hope 

 

 

FINALLY. 

I’ve been facing this all alone 

The war comes 

I can hear the war drums 

Every day I question this road 

Where’s it go? 

Am I all alone? 

 

We haven’t had a moment, have we? 

Haven’t been the closest, haven’t really spoken have we? 

Haven’t felt chosen madly 

Went and rewrote this, I haven’t been the fullest exactly 

 

We haven’t had a moment, have we? 

Haven’t been the closest, haven’t really spoken have we? 

Haven’t felt chosen madly 

Went and rewrote this, I haven’t been the fullest 

 

I hate that I’m far away 

Not just from you 

From everything 

I want a reawakening 

I’ve been asleep 

Stagnant with a tattered faith 

 

I can think about the race 

Dream about the race 

Even start to run the path 

If I never tie my laces 

Can’t keep up the pace, this 

Story’s gonna end too fast… 

 

So keep on writing it for me 

Keep allowing me to bleed 

If survival’s all you need 

Then someday, someday, I may 

 

Finish finally 

 

I’ve been changing out of darker clothes 

It’s a vibe check 

Gotta get my mind back 

Maybe fake it ‘til you make it is the way to go 

Bring the light back 

Keep my vibe checked 

 

We haven’t had a moment, have we? 

Haven’t been the closest, haven’t really spoken have we? 

Haven’t felt chosen madly 

Went and rewrote this, I haven’t been the fullest exactly 

 

We haven’t had a moment, have we? 

Haven’t been the closest, haven’t really spoken have we? 

Haven’t felt chosen madly 

Went and rewrote this, I haven’t been the fullest 

 

I hate that I’m far away 

Not just from you 

From everything 

I want a reawakening 

I’ve been asleep 

Stagnant with a tattered faith 

 

I can think about the race 

Dream about the race 

Even start to run the path 

If I never tie my laces 

Can’t keep up the pace, this 

Story’s gonna end too fast… 

 

So keep on writing it for me 

Finish finally 

 

I’m everywhere 

I’m stretched apart in all directions 

I’m losing hair 

My sleep’s not right 

And I’m so impatient 

I’m way behind 

I write these lines ‘cuz I can’t explain it 

It’s like my mind screams at my body but it can’t command it 

 

Like the depression’s in control 

Like what I want is just a mental note 

Like the apathy’s got my soul 

Like I’ve got nothing to hold 

Like the therapy never sticks 

Like the stones would hurt less than this 

Like I’m dealing my own damage 

Like a passenger behind my eyelids 

 

I can’t, I can’t fight this 

I can’t, I can’t fight this 

I can’t, I can’t fight this 

I can’t, I can’t fight this 

I can’t, I can’t fight this 

I can’t, I can’t fight this, no 

 

So God please come and fight this 

God please come and fight this 

So God please come and fight this… 

 

So keep on writing it for me 

Keep allowing me to bleed 

If survival’s all you need 

Then someday, someday, I may 

 

Finish finally 

 

 

FIRE DANCING. 

(YOU ARE HOME.) 

(ALLOW THE EMBERS TO RESTORE YOUR HUMANITY.) 

(THERE IS PEACE WITHIN THE FLAME.) 

(AND IT’S YOURS.) 

 

I got fire dancing with me 

This is who I knew I should be 

One step, two step, don’t feel a thing 

Can’t believe that I got fire... 

Fire dancing with me 

 

I’m moving, I’m vibing, I’m sliding, rewinding 

I’m grooving, I’m choosing the music 

Who’s inside the fire? 

Why’s it blue? Now it’s lighter? Then green? Now it’s brighter? 

Inspire some kind of fighter in me so I’ll be a survivor 

Not even tired 

A week or an hour? 

Can’t tell is Heaven here or is this Hell in hiding conspiring for me? 

I hear bells, I see sirens 

I’m tasting the virus 

THE FLAME’S. burning violent 

The curse of Earth is tainting the air 

But I can’t breathe anyway 

I’m here smiling to my eyelids and it’s all because 

 

I got fire dancing with me 

This is who I knew I should be 

One step, two step, don’t feel a thing 

Can’t believe that I got fire... 

Fire dancing with me 

 

I don’t know what I deserve but feel like there’s no way that I could ever earn this 

I was low and feeling cursed when I woke up, but now I feel like I was born to do this 

Tie a tie around my neck and give me the button down, open the box for some new kicks 

You should join me in THE FLAME. I’m not insane 

I think I’m finally getting used to this 

It’s so natural, like it’s in my blood 

Like a runner’s finger gripping the baton 

For the last time, nothing like the first 

So the second verse will say the curse of Earth will stay but... 

 

I got fire dancing with me 

This is who I knew I should be 

One step, two step, don’t feel a thing 

Can’t believe that I got fire... 

Fire dancing with me 

 

(AS I MOVE.) 

(THE FLAME. MOVES.) 

(I STEP IN TIME.) 

(AND THE FLAME FOLLOWS SUIT.) 

(IT’S AS IF THE INANIMATE HAS GROWN SENTIENT.) 

(AS IF A SENSE OF COMMUNITY HAS BEEN BIRTHED FROM THE SPIRITLESS.) 

(AS IF NATURE HAS CORRECTED IT’S MISTAKES.) 

(AS IF LIFE ITSELF IS PRESENT WITHIN THE FIRE..) 

(AND FOR THE FIRST TIME I REALIZE.) 

(I’m home.) 

 

INTERLUDE. 

(This feels… strange) 

 

Everything is flooding back to me, woah, wait 

Did I really go mad? Am I okay? 

Deep breath then collapse, that’s a full brain 

Reset, what a bad way to, cope, dang 

Okay 

Gotta take it slowly 

Gotta stay calm, memorize the whole thing 

Gotta pray to the Lord that my mind won’t break 

Gotta stay unashamed if I wanna stay sane 

 

I hope I am wrong about some of this 

‘Cuz what I did isn’t the humblest 

What I did’s a criminal offense 

What I did makes me guilty, I can’t rid myself of this 

What a ridiculous idiot 

Didn’t intend to revisit my wickedness 

But it’s evicting the vision within and insisting that living is limited 

Isn’t it finished yet? 

 

Let’s go one memory at a time 

Where do my traumas seem to align? 

Maybe start where I hid myself out of pride 

And like all of humanity sort of died 

Beginning of the end, ooh, storytime 

Criss cross applesauce, join me in the fires 

Gonna tell you a story about my life 

‘Cuz my life wasn’t always this horrifying 

 

 

NO SPOILERS. 

Wake up, it’s twelve o’ clock 

I’m ready for the start of the apocalypse, you know 

I think I really do need this cup of coffee 

(And nobody’s gonna stop me) 

 

We wanna wonder what the world is up to 

Turn on the news and it’s obvious to me 

They think we’re all gonna die 

‘Cuz… 

 

Everybody said the world was ending 

So I played this song and turned the volume up 

Everybody said the world was ending 

(Shut up!) 

I don’t want no spoilers 

 

Everybody said the world was ending 

So I played this song and turned the volume up 

Everybody said the world was ending 

(Shut up!) 

I don’t want no spoilers 

 

(This just in, CAGEBURNER. is killing everybody!) 

 

Everyday a new trial 

Nature homicidal 

Humankind raging 

Waves like a tidal 

No I don’t think I’ma give in 

 

(It appears to be some sort of airborne weapon!) 

 

I think I’ma stay inside until the pain ends 

I think I’ma break my ties, so stay safe friends 

Everybody’s dangerous 

Safe in isolation 

Look, listen 

Safety comes from being caged in 

 

For now, and maybe forever, my door’s locked up 

And if you come for help, well, you chose your clock 

I chose mine 

I’m gonna live forever 

If the world is ending, I’ma be here after ‘cuz… 

 

Everybody said the world was ending 

So I played this song and turned the volume up 

Everybody said the world was ending 

(Shut up!) 

I don’t want no spoilers 

 

Everybody said the world was ending 

So I played this song and turned the volume up 

Everybody said the world was ending 

(Shut up!) 

I don’t want no spoilers 

 

I won’t die today, no I won’t 

I won’t die today, no I won’t 

I won’t die today, no I won’t 

I won’t die today, no I won’t 

I won’t die today, no I won’t 

I won’t die today, no I won’t 

I won’t die today, no I won’t 

I won’t die today, no I won’t 

I won’t die today, no I won’t 

I don’t want no spoilers 

 

 

MY ANCHOR. 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

 

It’s time to fly and say goodbye 

I’ll drop the sails, go for a ride 

I know I’ve got somewhere to go 

But my anchor’s still set in my home 

 

It’s time to fly and say goodbye 

I’ll drop the sails, go for a ride 

I know I’ve got somewhere to go 

But my anchor’s still set in my home 

 

You’re stronger than the tides 

I take one look into your eyes 

And I decide I’m never gonna leave 

Force a step, I’m in the light 

The Sun and sky help to remind 

Me even when there’s distance between 

My anchor’s still a part of me 

 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

 

My X is marked far from the start 

But the shore and sea both have my heart 

I know the dark looms when I’m parked 

But am I ready to depart 

 

My X is marked far from the start 

But the shore and sea both have my heart 

I know the dark looms when I’m parked 

But am I ready to depart 

 

You’re stronger than the tides 

I take one look into your eyes 

And I decide I’m never gonna leave 

Force a step, I’m in the light 

The Sun and sky help to remind 

Me even when there’s distance between 

My anchor’s still a part of me 

 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

 

If in dire times I cut the rope 

To leave my anchor in the depths below 

There’s no way it would ever go 

‘Cuz my anchor knows that I’m its home 

 

If in dire times I cut the rope 

To leave my anchor in the depths below 

There’s no way it would ever go 

‘Cuz my anchor knows that I’m its home 

 

And I know I’ve got somewhere to go 

(My anchor’s still set in my home) 

And I know I’ve got somewhere to go 

(My anchor’s still set in my home) 

And I know I’ve got somewhere to go 

(My anchor’s still set in my home) 

And I know I’ve got somewhere to go 

 

My anchor’s still set in my home 

 

You’re stronger than the tides 

I take one look into your eyes 

And I decide I’m never gonna leave 

Force a step, I’m in the light 

The Sun and sky help to remind 

Me even when there’s distance between 

 

You’re stronger than the tides 

I take one look into your eyes 

And I decide I’m never gonna leave 

Force a step, I’m in the light 

The Sun and sky help to remind 

Me even when there’s distance between… 

 

(There is so much you can take from a man) 

(You can take away his stability) 

(Strip him of his confidence) 

(Remove him from his community) 

(You can even take his control) 

(But there is one thing that you can never take from a man) 

(You can never take his home) 

(Because home is like an anchor attached to a rope that stretches towards the edge of eternity) 

(A rope that’s reaching to the bounds of infinity) 

(No matter how far the man wanders, he will always have the memories) 

(Memories of the four walls that watched him grow up) 

(Memories of the friends and family who raised him) 

(Even in the storm, he can always come back home) 

(And no matter the weather…) 

 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

Oh oh oh oh 

(Hey!) 

 

 

THE SHOW. 

(Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the stage, Daniel Sherman!) 

 

I really miss the show 

I really miss the whole thing 

The way it really holds me closely, yeah 

 

I really miss the show 

The way it really knows me 

The way it holds me closely 

Only the show 

 

I miss adrenaline 

Miss the glisten on my skin 

I miss the wondering 

Is the music setting in 

Setting in, is the music setting in 

Setting in, setting in, setting in, 

se- se- se- se 

 

I’m wishing I was him 

Touring and making it 

But here I am 

Reminisce remembering 

Reminisce remembering 

Reminisce remembering 

Memories, memories, memories, memories 

 

I really miss the show 

I really miss the whole thing 

The way it really holds me closely, yeah 

 

I really miss the show 

The way it really knows me 

The way it holds me closely 

Only the show 

 

I miss letting go 

Drumming, singing off the lows 

I miss each of those 

Moments singing off the ghosts 

All the ghosts, I was singing off the ghosts 

Getting cold, don’t let me go 

I’m getting cold, don’t let me go 

 

I’m wishing I was him 

Touring, and they love it 

But here I am 

Reminisce remembering 

Reminisce remembering 

Reminisce remembering 

Memories, memories, memories, memories 

 

I really miss the show 

I really miss the whole thing 

The way it really holds me closely, yeah 

 

I really miss the show 

The way it really knows me 

The way it holds me closely 

If only… 

 

I knew another 

To love me I’d love her 

The show’s a cover 

Of the real song 

 

My open-cutter 

Slice through the sound 

I know you wanna 

The show’s a cover 

Of the real one 

Of the real one 

 

I knew another 

To love me I’d love her 

The show’s a cover 

Of the real song 

Of the real song 

 

My open-cutter 

Slice through the sound 

I know you wanna 

The show’s a cover 

Of the real one 

Of the real one 

 

I really miss the show 

I really miss the whole thing 

The way it really hold me closely, yeah 

 

I really miss the show 

The way it really knows me 

The way it holds me closely 

Only the show 

 

Yeah, I really miss the show 

I really miss the whole thing 

The way it really hold me closely 

 

I really miss the show 

The way it really knows me 

The way it holds me closely 

Only the show 

 

 

I HATE NOSTALGIA. 

Get your claws off of my heart 

Get your hand out of my chest 

‘Cuz when I think about you I know I’m not ready yet 

 

There’s a reason I forgot the past 

There’s a reason people try to move on 

When I think about the good times, reminisce 

I miss it and I’m sad that it’s gone… 

 

(It’s gone, it’s gone, it’s gone) 

(IT’S GONE.) 

 

Life was better 

Before I knew better 

Before we knew better 

I hate nostalgia 

Used to love the weather 

Before I knew better 

Before we knew better 

I hate nostalgia 

 

I hate nostalgia 

I hate nostalgia 

 

It’s hard to figure what to say, huh? 

Birthdays were my vibe before I grew up 

Now I feel like I wanna cry 

When I realize I’ve been alive my whole life 

 

There’s a reason I forgot the past 

There’s a reason people try to move on 

When I think about the good times, reminisce 

I miss it and I’m sad that it’s gone 

 

Life was better 

Before I knew better 

Before we knew better 

I hate nostalgia 

Used to love the weather 

Before I knew better 

Before we knew better 

I hate nostalgia 

 

I hate nostalgia 

I hate nostalgia 

 

Minding my business 

I lid this memory, good riddance 

Life sentence 

Unmended innocence rescinded 

Still a kid, it’s embarrassing 

Peter Pan with no apparent plan to hand You his steering 

He’s hearing fairies in his head 

He rises, flies and it’s scary 

And every inch he climbs he finds his eyes are staring and glaring below at where he’s been 

What a misstep, stepping in your fantasies 

Reminisce for remedies that never lend you anything 

And every day that he loved lives in his head ‘til he’s gone 

And every moment he’s got’s wasted on memories lost 

 

(THE SHOW MUST GO ON.) 

(THE SHOW MUST GO.) 

(SHOW MUST GO.) 

(SHOW MUS.-) 

 

Life was better 

Before I knew better 

Before we knew better 

I hate nostalgia 

Used to love the weather 

Before I knew better 

Before we knew better 

I hate nostalgia 

 

I hate nostalgia 

I hate nostalgia 

 

Heal me from my memories 

Heal me from my memories 

Heal me from my memories 

Healing from my memories 

Healing from my memories 

Healing from my memories 

Healing from my memories 

Healing 

 

 

HEALING. 

(IT’S BEEN SO LONG.) 

(IT’S… IT.- IT.- IT.) 

(IT’S BEEN SO LONG.) 

(IT.- IT.- IT.- IT.- IT.- IT.- IT.- SO.) 

 

New hair color, new brain shift 

New day coming, I’ma face it 

New chance for me, I’ll chase it 

(IT’S BEEN SO LONG.) 

 

I undid all of my damage 

New hits coming, I’m okay with it 

Guess I still got some questions 

 

But I’m alive again 

I’m alive 

 

I’m healing 

I’ve been lost for so long I forgot this feeling 

All the lies inside are turning to the real thing 

I’m healing 

Healing 

 

New tattoo and a new fit 

New mindset that I’m choosing 

It’s ‘bout time I gained what I’ve been losing 

(IT’S BEEN SO LONG.) 

 

New smiling photos taken candid 

And it’s easy for me to stay planted 

I’m a canvas 

I’m enchanted 

Still standing, my friends 

Living with abandon 

 

I’m healing 

I’ve been lost for so long I forgot this feeling 

All the lies inside are turning to the real thing 

I’m healing 

Healing 

 

(As THE END. draws near) 

(Echoes of undesirable nostalgia are seared away) 

(And I can finally breathe again) 

(Only one question remains, reverberating from within...) 

(Is this eternal fate?) 

(Or is it a moment?) 

 

I’m healing 

I’ve been lost for so long I forgot this feeling 

All the lies inside are turning to the real thing 

I’m healing 

Healing 

 

 

THE END. 

Who am I at the end? 

Was this what I was promised? 

Who am I at the end? 

Where is the Garden of Eden? 

Nowhere near? 

Nowhere near. 

Yeah. 

 

Who am I at the end? 

Why am I burning? 

Who am I at the end? 

Where is everyone hiding? 

Nowhere near? 

Nowhere near. 

Yeah. 

 

Who am I at the end? 

Was this all for nothing? 

Who am I at the end? 

Why am I returning? 

To my cage? 

To my cage. 

Yeah. 

 

Who am I at the end? 

Were THE UNCAGED. lying? 

Who am I at the end? 

Why is THE FLAME. dying? 

I’m afraid. 

 

It all fades away. 

It all fades away now. 

The color fadess to gray. 

Saturate the pain now. 

I’m where I want to be. 

I am finally found. 

Truly one with THE FLAME. 

Burn the mask. 

Just breathe out. 

Yeah? 

Yeah. 

 

Finally home at the end. 

Finally who I wanted. 

Finally home at the end. 

Finally UNCAGED. from my darkness 

I’m free 

Yeah.