Caged Bird
Album: Any Day Now
By: Eliza Hanson
By: Eliza Hanson
Duration
4:28
Genres
Description
"'Caged Bird' combines a homespun, folk twang with the sensitivity and vulnerability of a ballad. Accented by both cello and upright bass, Hanson shines against her backdrop, with a sound that could fit in well at coffee shops or on contemporary country radio, and a myriad of places in between." -Allen Halas (Breaking and Entering)
Lyrics
Blow out the candles it's your 9th birthday wish, As they say they'll always be there. Now I'm trading my youth for that grown mans charade, And it's changed everything. And we search for ourselves at the bottom of a glass, Count up the days, And learn to feel less. But where can I go when homes not the same, And all that I know will soon be replaced. They say even caged birds will sing. But tell me what will become of their song? Things aren't how I used to dream they would be, And I'm much to old to think that I'm wrong. I want to be one in a million again, The one that I used to be, Used to believe in. The days keep passing without my consent, Are these really the times they said don't forget? Cause you can't let things out and people let you down. No longer see in fairytales, loves worn me out. Familiar faces gone, I'm running in circles. They say even caged birds will sing. But tell me what will become of their song? Things aren't how I used to dream they would be, And I'm much to old to think that I'm wrong. I want to be one in a million again, the one that I used to be, used to believe in. The light in my sisters eyes, Has surely faded in mine, So I sit in my room and I wonder, I always wonder why. They say even caged birds will sing. But tell me what will become of their song? Things aren't how I used to dream they would be, And I'm much to old to think that I'm wrong. I want to be one in a million again, The one that I used to be, Used to believe in.
