[00:20.61]They say there's an underground river,
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[00:24.16]That none of us can see,
[00:25.85]
[00:27.79]And it flows through winding tunnels,
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[00:31.59]On its way to a tide-less sea.
[00:33.52]
[00:35.15]And across that sea is an island,
[00:37.09]
[00:38.20]A paradise we are told,
[00:41.20]
[00:42.63]Where the toils of life are forgotten,
[00:44.69]
[00:46.32]And they call it the Island of Souls.
[00:48.19]
[00:50.31]For only a soul can go there,
[00:52.25]
[00:53.75]A soul that's been set free,
[00:56.11]
[00:57.48]From the confines of a working life,
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[01:01.29]To find eternity.
[01:02.48]
[01:04.52]Your old man had a cage for his pigeons,
[01:06.52]
[01:08.21]But that's really where he kept his soul,
[01:09.76]
[01:11.82]And when he watched them fly he would see himself,
[01:14.44]
[01:16.25]Least that's how it was told.
[01:17.44]
[01:19.37]But his soul was still trapped in the cage son,
[01:22.24]
[01:23.05]While the birds they soared to the sky,
[01:25.56]
[01:29.36]But he couldn't find his own way out,
[01:31.04]
[01:32.79]Least not 'til the day he died.
[01:34.54]
[01:36.03]Oh, a man builds a cage with the tools he is given,
[01:38.84]
[01:39.65]His casket is sealed with a riveter's gun,
[01:42.28]
[01:43.52]This solitary madness is where he is driven,
[01:45.96]
[01:47.14]It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son,
[01:50.32]
[01:52.69]It was him that was trapped in the soul cage.
[01:56.12]
[02:01.87]I know that he loved you, but he hadn't the words,
[02:04.92]
[02:05.99]He'd be easier speaking the language of birds,
[02:08.73]
[02:09.60]For to speak of emotion, it just wasn't done,
[02:12.29]
[02:12.97]It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son,
[02:16.47]
[02:18.72]It was him that was trapped in the soul cage.
[02:22.46]
[02:24.08]A man builds a cage with the tools he is given,
[02:27.32]
[02:27.89]His casket is sealed with a riveter's gun,
[02:30.57]
[02:31.69]The solitary madness is where he is driven,
[02:34.25]
[02:35.25]It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son,
[02:38.50]
[02:40.80]It was him that was trapped in the soul cage.