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Monkey in a Cage

from Ready to Burn by Crossworm

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I wrote this song while on the road with Ozzfest 2007. I was a roadie for a travelling freakshow act on the tour called Bros Grim Side Show. It almost killed me. Far from any normal tour.

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35 days, and I'm trpped in the dust.
the desert is a bitch, and the tour is a bust.
fucked out of luck, and the devil passed by.
we danced in the dirt and I left, and she cried.

venom in the veins, in the liqor and the pain.
lies and remains of the dreams in the drain.
the whip gets cracked, and my back is a mess.
stuck with the stress, and the cardiac arrest.

in the freak show, I couldnt eat or barely sleep
though my feet burning up in the heat, now I'm beat
I wanna leave, but I made a choice to be a martyr on a leash.
i used my voice to raise hell and the deceased.

the sex, the drugs, and the pain.
the modified lifestyle standing out in the rain.
No way to believe, a piece of me wouldn't leave.
the Devil in my soul was the Johnny of Steve.

the freaks and the geeks, and the modified truth.
the blood sweat and tears, and the outcast youth.
lies and deceit, the defeat and the rage.
35 Days.... a monkey in a cage.

A fucked up day in another shitty state.
I tried to relate, but I'm chock full of hate.
I cant seem to understand why I tried to stay
Trapped in a cage over worked, under paid.

Try as I may, but no way could I escape.
We left in the rain, and they came for the rape.
They take and they lie and they cheat and they steal.
getting fucked in the face can ruin your next meal.

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from Ready to Burn, released January 8, 2007

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Crossworm Grand Rapids, Michigan

Crossworm is a heathen anti-pop artist.

"Crossworm is almost annoyingly talented. Musician, artist, poet, and essayist, he’s seemingly a potential threat in almost any artistic medium you drop him into.

Crossworm’s music is a strong mix of violent imagery, anthemic chorus’s, introspection and societal critique told from the voice of the proletariat."

-Ryan Nehring,
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