The Soul Cages - Edit

Boy child was locked in the fisherman's yard

A bloodless moon where the oceans die

A shoal of night stars hang fire in the nets

And the chaos of cages where the crayfish lie

Where is the fisherman, where is the goat?

Where is the keeper in his carrion coat?

Eclipse on the moon when the dark bird flies

Where is the child with his father's eyes?

He's the king of the ninth world

Twisted son of the fog, bells toll

In each and every lobster cage

Tortured human soul

These are the souls of the broken factories

Subject slaves of the broken crown

Dead accounting of old guilty promises

These are the souls of the broken town

These are the soul cages

These are the soul cages

These are the soul cages

These are the soul cages

I have a wager the brave child spoke

The fisherman laughed, though disturbed at the joke

You will drink what I drink but you must equal me

And if the drink leaves me standing

A soul shall go free

What's in it for me, my pretty young thing?

Why should I whistle, when the caged bird sings?

If you lose a wager with the king of the sea

You'll spend the rest of forever in the cage with me'

These are the soul cages

These are the soul cages

These are the soul cages

These are the soul cages

And he dreamed of the ship on the sea

It would carry his father and he

To a place they could never be found

To a place far away from this town

A Newcastle ship without coals

They would sail to the island of souls

These are the soul cages (these are the soul cages)

These are the soul cages (these are the soul cages)

These are the soul cages