Released: April 18, 2006
Songwriter: Julian Casablancas
Producer: David Kahne
[Verse 1]
Well, I don't feel better when I'm fucking around
And I don't write better when I'm stuck in the ground
So don't teach me a lesson 'cause I've already learned
Yeah, the sun will be shining and my children will burn
[Hook]
Oh, the heart beats in its cage
[Verse 2]
I don't want what you want, I don't feel what you feel
See, I'm stuck in a city but I belong in a field
Yeah, we got left, left, left, left, left, left, left
Now it's three in the morning and you're eating alone
[Hook]
Oh, the heart beats in its cage
[Bridge]
All our friends, they're laughing at us
All of those you loved, you mistrust
Help me, I'm just not quite myself
Look around, there's no one else left
[Verse 3]
I went to the concert and I fought through the crowd
Guess I got too excited when I thought you were around
Oh, he gets left, left, left, left, left, left, left
And I'm sorry you were thinking I would steal your fire
[Hook]
Oh, the heart beats in its cage
Yes, the heart beats in its cage
[Outro]
And the heart beats in its cage
Well, I don't feel better when I'm fucking around
And I don't write better when I'm stuck in the ground
So don't teach me a lesson 'cause I've already learned
Yeah, the sun will be shining and my children will burn
[Hook]
Oh, the heart beats in its cage
[Verse 2]
I don't want what you want, I don't feel what you feel
See, I'm stuck in a city but I belong in a field
Yeah, we got left, left, left, left, left, left, left
Now it's three in the morning and you're eating alone
[Hook]
Oh, the heart beats in its cage
[Bridge]
All our friends, they're laughing at us
All of those you loved, you mistrust
Help me, I'm just not quite myself
Look around, there's no one else left
[Verse 3]
I went to the concert and I fought through the crowd
Guess I got too excited when I thought you were around
Oh, he gets left, left, left, left, left, left, left
And I'm sorry you were thinking I would steal your fire
[Hook]
Oh, the heart beats in its cage
Yes, the heart beats in its cage
[Outro]
And the heart beats in its cage
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- Heart in a Cage - Single (2006)
- The Adults Are Talking
- Someday
- Reptilia
- Ode to the Mets
- At the Door
- Selfless
- Last Nite
- Is This It
- Why Are Sundays So Depressing?
- Barely Legal
- You Only Live Once
- The Modern Age
- Hard to Explain
- Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus
- Call It Fate, Call It Karma
- Welcome to Japan
- Bad Decisions
- Threat of Joy
- Soma
- Under Cover of Darkness
- Eternal Summer
- Not the Same Anymore
- I’ll Try Anything Once
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