Genesis - In The Cage (Medley: Cinema Show, Slippermen) - Live Version From Three Sides Live Lyrics

Lyrics In The Cage (Medley: Cinema Show, Slippermen) - Live Version From Three Sides Live - Genesis



I got sunshine in my stomach
Like I just rocked my baby to sleep.
I got sunshine in my stomach
But I can't keep me from creeping sleep,
Sleep, deep in the deep.
He wakes in a cold sweat with a strong urge to vomit. There's no sign of the cocoon and he can see more of the cave about him. There is much more of the glowing water dripping from the roof and stalactites and stalagmites are forming and decomposing at an alarming rate all around him.
Rockface moves to press my skin
White liquid turn sour within
Turn fast - turn sour
Turn sweat - turn sour.
Must tell myself that I'm not here.
I'm drowning in a liquid fear.
Bottled in a strong compression,
My distortion shows obsession
In the cave.
Get me out of this cave!
As fear and shock register, he assures himself that self-control will provide some security, but this thought is abandoned as the stalactites and stalagmites lock into a fixed position, forming a cage whose bars are moving in towards him.
If I keep my self-control,
I'll be safe in my soul.
And the childhood belief
Brings a moment's relief,
But my cynic soon returns
And the lifeboat burns.
My spirit just never learns.
Stalactites, stalagmites
Shut me in, lock me tight.
Lips are dry, throat is dry.
Feel like burning, stomach churning,
I'm dressed up in a white costume
Padding out leftover room.
Body stretching, feel the wretching
In the cage
Get me out of the cage!
At one moment there is a flash of light and he sees an infinite network of cages all strung together by a ropelike material.
In the glare of a light,
I see a strange kind of sight;
Of cages joined to form a star
Each person can't go very far;
All tied to their things
They're netted by their strings,
Free to flutter in memories of their wasted wings.
As the rocky bars press in on Rael's body, he sees his brother John outside, looking in. John's face is motionless despite screams for help, but in his vacant expression a tear of blood forms and trickles down his cheek. Then he calmly walks away leaving Rael to face the pains which are beginning to sweep through his body.
Outside the cage I see my Brother John,
He turns his head so slowly round.
I cry out Help! before he can be gone,
And he looks at me without a sound.
And I shout out 'John please help me!'
But he does not even want to try to speak.
I'm helpless in my violent rage
And a silent tear of blood dribbles down his cheek,
And I watch him turn away and leave the cage.
My little runaway.
(Raindrops keep failing on my head, they keep falling on my)
In a trap, feel a strap
Holding still. Pinned for kill.
Chances narrow that I'll make it,
In the cushioned straight-jacket.
Just like 22nd Street,
They got me by my neck and feet.
Pressures building, can't take more.
My headaches charge, earaches roar.
In this pain
Get me out of this pain.
If I could change to liquid,
I could fill the cracks up in the rocks.
I know that I am solid
And I am my own bad luck.
However, just as John walks out of sight, the cage dissolves and Rael is left spinning like a top.
Outside John disappears, my cage dissolves,
without any reason my body revolves.
Keep on turning,
Keep on turning,
Turning around,
Spinning around.
(round, round, round, round)



Writer(s): PETER GABRIEL, STEVE HACKETT, PHIL COLLINS, MICHAEL RUTHERFORD, ANTHONY BANKS


Genesis - Three Sides Live
Album Three Sides Live
date of release
01-06-1982

1 It/Watcher Of The Skies - 1994 Digital Remaster
2 The Fountain Of Salmacis - 1994 Digital Remaster
3 One For The Vine - 1994 Digital Remaster
4 Afterglow - 1994 Digital Remaster
5 In The Cage (Medley) - 1994 Digital Remaster
6 It / Watcher Of The Skies - Live Version From Three Sides Live
7 Fountain Of Salmacis - Live Version From Three Sides Live
8 One For The Vine - Live Version From Three Sides Live
9 Afterglow - Live Version From Three Sides Live
10 In The Cage (Medley: Cinema Show, Slippermen) - Live Version From Three Sides Live
11 Misunderstanding - Live Version From Three Sides Live
12 Follow You Follow Me - Live Version From Three Sides Live
13 Follow You Follow Me - 1994 Digital Remaster
14 Me & Sarah Jane - Live Version From Three Sides Live
15 Me And Sarah Jane - 1994 Digital Remaster
16 Misunderstanding - 1994 Digital Remaster
17 Duchess - Live Version From Three Sides Live
18 Duchess - 1994 Digital Remaster
19 Behind The Lines - 1994 Digital Remaster
20 Abacab - Live Version From Three Sides Live
21 Abacab - 1994 Digital Remaster
22 Dodo - Live Version From Three Sides Live
23 Turn It On Again - Live Version From Three Sides Live
24 Turn It On Again - 1994 Digital Remaster
25 Behind The Lines - Live Version From Three Sides Live
26 Dodo - Live From The National Exhibition Centre,United Kingdom/1981 / 1994 Digital Remaster




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