Music By Daniel Sherman

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 tonight

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 tonight

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.

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?

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

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’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, 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 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!)

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!)

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!)

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!)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Heal me 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.