Sometimes the light goes out
You can't find your way back to the part
Where you started over out on your own
They said it'd get better, but you aren't sure
This time I'm trying to forget
The water is rising, the walls giving in
And it all goes through me
And I can't go on like this
Oh, my singing bird
I can't pull the meaning out
Of your song, my singing bird
It seems we're all in cages now
And if your tune won't go far
Then I'll have to carry on
Without my singing bird
But I know all your words by heart
Something inside me ran out
I'm holding a smile though it all fell apart
I've got to be stronger so they can all see
That I'll keep it together, I'll make them believe
This time I'm trying to last
The breath that we're taking is running out fast
And the fear goes through me
But I can't pretend it's that
And oh, my singing bird
I can't pull the meaning out
Of your song, my singing bird
It seems we're all in cages now
And if your tune won't go far
Then I'll have to carry on
Without my singing bird
But I know all your words by heart
You say it'll go away
These feelings that I've got
They're keeping my lungs locked
So I'll behave
And follow the roads I've paved and made
Or else I'll never find out
Oh, my singing bird
I can't pull the meaning out
I'll be your song, my singing bird
It seems we're all in cages now
And if your tune won't go far
Then I'll have to carry on
Without my singing bird
But I know all your words by heart
By heart