Sleeping At Last - Birdcage Religion lyrics

So slowly i'm losing who i've sworn to be
A promise in pencil
That years have made so hard to read
I've spent my life building walls
Brick by brick and bruise by bruise
A birdcage religion that whispered
Me to sleep

But time is spinning silk
That coils ruthlessly
With the devil's patience
It binds my hands so quietly
That soon it becomes a part of me

So soften these edges and
Straighten out my tie and help me remember
The hope that i have compromised

Please be a broken record for me