MY BODY IS A CAGE
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Arcade Fire
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(Win Butler, Regine Chassagne)
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My body is a cage that keeps me
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From dancing with the one I love
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But my mind holds the key
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My body is a cage that keeps me
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From dancing with the one I love
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But my mind holds the key
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I'm standing on a stage
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Of fear and self-doubt
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It's a hollow play
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But they'll clap anyway
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My body is a cage that keeps me
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From dancing with the one I love
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But my mind holds the key
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You're standing next to me
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My mind holds the key
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I'm living in an age
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That calls darkness light
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Though my language is dead
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Still the shapes fill my head
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I'm living in an age
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Whose name I don't know
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Though the fear keeps me moving
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Still my heart beats so slow
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My body is a cage that keeps me
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From dancing with the one I love
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But my mind holds the key
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You're standing next to me
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My mind holds the key
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My body is a
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My body is a cage
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We take what we're given
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Just because you've forgotten
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That don't mean you're forgiven
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I'm living in an age
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That screams my name at night
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But when I get to the doorway
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There's no one in sight
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I'm living in an age
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That laughs
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When I'm dancing
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With the one I love
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But my mind holds the key
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You're standing next to me
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My mind holds the key
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Set my spirit free
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Set my spirit free
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Set my body free
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Set my body free
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Set my spirit free
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Set my body free
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Note:
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"We were in some shitty hotel in the desert,¡± remembers Butler, of a 2005 tour that had wound its way to New Mexico. ¡°I started singing in the shower and Regine started singing with me, and this song called My Body Is A Cage came out - and it¡¯s probably the most fully formed song we have ever written."
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My Body Is A Cage
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The Arcade Fire |