Rusty Cage

Album: Badmotorfinger (1991)
Charted: 41
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  • Oh, you wired me awake
    And hit me with a hand of broken nails
    Yeah, you tied my lead and pulled my chain
    To watch my blood begin to boil

    But I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my
    I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run

    Yeah, I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my
    I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run

    Too cold to start a fire
    I'm burning diesel, burning dinosaur bones
    Yeah, I'll take the river down to still water
    And ride a pack of dogs

    But I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my
    I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run

    Yeah, I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my
    I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run

    Hit like a Phillips head into my brain
    It's gonna be too dark to sleep again
    Cutting my teeth on bars and rusty chains
    I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run

    When the forest burns along the road
    Like God's eyes in my headlights
    And when the dogs are looking for their bones
    And it's raining icepicks on your steel shore

    Well, I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my
    I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run

    Well, I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my
    I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run Writer/s: Chris Cornell
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Peermusic Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Rocky from Fort Smith, Ar20 Feb 2014: I'm a longtime fan of Soundgarden (from the early 90s) & their music. I heard "Rusty Cage" on our alternative rock radio station here & it brought back good memories. Oh yeah, I had the "Badmotorfinger" CD back in '91 in their early days. Good times; good music.
  • Elmer H from Westville, OkYeah I remember "Rusty Cage" from the "Badmotorfinger" album/CD of '91. I loved the whole CD because of the power & talent conveyed by Soundgarden. Loved Chris Cornell's voice. Man, what a voice! Here it is 2013 and I still love their music even though they split for a while. Tonight I just heard that they're starting a tour in 2014, after they reunited. Great! I still have my "Badmotorfinger" CD & it brings back good memories of 1991 and the several years before I started college. Rock on, Soundgarden!!
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