Justin Vernon - From A Cage lyrics

If I washed my clothes and I combed my hair Would you look at me the same All this time I believed I had lost control but this doesn't have a name If I split down the middle and I worked real hard could I learn To shut you out People told us we were crazy and maybe they were right But that's not what this is about (Chorus 1) Cause they've never lived without it Never needed it so bad That they'd sell out their whole family For a taste Well she treated you so fancy Before she treated you so mean But she made a good companion either way Sitting in the snow while we trace our tracks But we can't go back again I'm not your mother and you're not a child Honey we weren't even friends You were born into an ocean I grew up in a swimming pool Underneath the band aid colored pain I had barely learned to hold you I had barely spoke your name When I began to love you without shame (Chorus 2) But I'll learn to live without it Never loved it any way And I'll ride my plastic pony to the sun Well they're closing down the party And they're bringing heavy chains But we'll learn to love our freedom From a cage