Some say love is a burning thing
That it makes a fiery ring
Oh, but I know love
As a fading thing
Just as fickle as a feather in a stream
See, honey, I saw love
You see, it came to me
It put its face up to my face so I could see
Yeah then I saw love disfigure me
Into something I am not recognizing

See, the cage, it called
I said: Come on in
I will not open myself up this way again
Nor lay my face to the soil
Nor my teeth to the sand
I will not lay like this for days now upon end
You will not see me fall
Nor see me struggle to stand
To be acknowledge by some touch
From his gnarled hands
You see, the cage, it called
I said: Come on in
I will not open myself up this way again

You see, the moon is bright in that treetop night
I see the shadows that we cast in the cold
Clean light
My feet are gold
My heart is white
And we race out
On the desert plains all night
See, honey, I am not some broken thing
I do not lay here in the dark waiting for thee
No my heart is gold
My feet are light
And I am racing out
On the desert plains all night

So some say love is a burning thing
That it makes a fiery ring
Oh, but I know love as a caging thing
Just a killer come to call
From some awful dream
O and all you folks, you come to see
You just stand there
In the glass looking at me
But my heart is wild
And my bones are steam
And I could kill you with my bare hands
If I was free