Caged Bird

Devon Caged Bird Lyrics
1.Daddy Dearest

Sometimes i sit and reflect on
Things my daddy said
Things i should never forget
Never get out of my head

I'm a fuck
And i suck
I'm useless, worthless, i never shut up
I am weak
I shouldn't speak
Got nothing of value to say anyway

These are just things my daddy told me
These are just things my daddy said
That i'll never, never, never get out of my head

I'm a whore
And i'm sure
To end up with nothing in the end
I'm scattered
As if it mattered
That i can't keep my head on straight
That's just great

These are just things my daddy told me
These are just things my daddy said
That i'll never, never, never get out of my head

Now i try to escape
The voices that i hear
Telling me to do damage
I know i can make something of myself
If i can just manage
To get a grip, get a grip, get a grip, get a grip, get a grip

I'm a snake
I suffocate
Can't even make a dime
There's only one thing
I'm good for
Hey, are you looking for a good time?

These are just things my daddy told me
These are just things my daddy said
That i'll never, never, never get out of my head

I'm a waste
And just in case
I ever start to forget
You so graciously remind me
That i'm a great big mistake .....

And i always have to have the last word


2.Erase You

I don't need your false affection
I don't need your serpent smiles
Drawing me into your garden
The devil hides behind angel eyes

I'll erase you from my memory
I'll delete you from my mind
I had to close my eyes to how i felt
To realize that i was blind

I don't need your razor blade caresses
Those subtle cuts upon my soul
And i'm not gonna put myself in prison
For something that you stole

You know there's no poison in this venom
And there's no hatred in these words
It's the pain that sparks this fire
And swells the river of fuel it burns

I'll erase you from my memory
I'll delete you from my mind
I had to close my eyes to how i felt
To realize that i was blind

And don't need another nail in my coffin
And i don't need a stake through my heart
And i don't need you to keep telling me
That what i did drove us apart

I don't need your candy-coated love
Sweet at first, bitter inside
And i don't need to mend your broken wings
If you won't try once more to fly

A closed casket for our twisted love
And i'm alone to mourn this loss
I built this with unknowing hands
Now i alone must bear this cross

I'll erase you from my memory
I'll delete you from my mind
I had to close my eyes to how i felt
To realize that i was blind

I'll erase you
I'll delete you
I'll erase you
I'll erase you
I'll delete you

I'll erase you


3.Hiding

I'm hiding ...
I'm hiding ...

I'm hiding who i really am
I want to tell the truth, but i just can't
We built our bond on honesty
But still i've hidden

This part of me

He understands me like nobody else
With him i can truly be myself
Believe me, i never want to lie
But i lied to him
And i don't know why

But i wish i could go back
To that one moment in time
When i had the chance
The chance to do the right thing
The right thing

What am i so afraid of?

I felt a piece of me die
And it's the part of me that keeps me alive
God give me the strength to tell the truth tonight
I want to set things right

So i'm not ...

Hiding
Don't want to be hiding
Don't want to be
Don't want to be
Hiding, hiding, hiding ....


4.Moderation

I'm not about moderation
You better get used to the ride
Up and down and sideways
Spinning, spinning all around ....

When i get a craving, it has to be met
I haven't met a man who can handle me yet
I'm the good girl who saves it all up
And then she likes to ....

I'm not about moderation (x3)
No ....

I'm about eating peanut butter out of the jar
And driving way over the speed limit in my car
Some may think i take it too far, but

I'm not about moderation (x3)
No ....

Some days are easier
Some days i can barely stand myself
Some days i'm in love with life
Or i don't remember how it felt to be happy

I'm about love or hate, no in between
I'm about starving or eating too much
I'm the type who like to rush
There's no such thing as a small crush
They're full blown, 'cause

I'm not about moderation (x3)
No ....

I want it all now -- don't have time to waste
Do it all in haste
If patience is a virtue
I'll see you in hell

I'm too fat, too thin, too fast, too slow
I'm never in control
I'm too good, too bad, too shy, too bold
Oh, you've got to know

I'm not about moderation
I'm about driving, driving
Way over the speed limit in my car
I'm not about moderation
No .....


5.Perfect

I'm so perfect you say
I'm so special, no one can compare
How can you see all these things in me?
I can't believe you

I'm looking in my funhouse mirror
I'm disgusted by what i see
I strain to catch a glimpse of the light
You claim to see around me

And the more i try to run away
The more you pull me back
And the more you try to love me
The more that i attack
I just can't see what you see in me

You want to destroy self-portraits that i paint
Through picasso's eyes
But it's hard to discard
Weapons that i use
In my daily self-destruction

And the more i try to run away
The more you pull me back
And the more you try to love me
The more that i attack
I just can't see what you see in me

I'm sitting on the corner of paranoid and hopelessness
Waiting, waiting
For you to take me away
I'm always trying to get rid of you
When what i really want
Is for you to stay

And the more i try to run away
The more you pull me back
And the more you try to love me
The more that i attack
I just can't see what you see in me

I want to see what you see
I wish i could see what you see
In me


6.Sick To My Stomach

When i think of your hands sliding down my back
When i think of your sweat on my skin
And your moist breath whispering in my ear
I ... i ... i
I get sick
Sick to my stomach

I pretended to love you longer than i did
I wish i could erase the images i see
Your satisfied grin, you lying beneath me, dear
I ... i ... i
I get sick
Sick to my stomach

How could i let you get so close?
You slithered in when i was needy
By the time i saw it for what it was
It was too late to put on the brakes

When i think of the way people are looking at me
Like i lead you on -- they're wrong
They don't know the whole story
And now you turn me on, oh you turn me on
About as much as sandpaper masturbation, dear
I ... i ... i

What flash of insanity
Could have made me
Do what i did?

With all your false maturity
It's a lie
You're nothing but a kid

You devoured my skin
How could i let you in
And out and in and out and in and out and in and out?
I ... i ... i

When i think of what never should have been
It makes my head spin
I ... i ... i
I get sick
Sick to my stomach

I think i'm gonna puke