Song Description
Lush strings give this folk rock gem a polished sheen.
| Song Length |
4:03 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Poignant |
Subject |
Junk Food, Radio |
| Similar Artists |
R.E.M., John Cougar Mellencamp |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Over in the corner in his overcoat
The sleeves are long and tangled
Joined him in believing
A relief in hell and death and God and angels
Chorus:
The marker in the book is in
The pages working overtime
To keep the place of words of wisdom
Safe and sure within his mind
Confusion opened wide around
The boundaries he had set away
And closed in ever afterwards
And held him there to stay
The lights are dim the hall is dark
You haven't any reason to be wandering
Asylum dinner comes equipped
With cigarette and sedative for calming
Chorus:
It sounds like breaking glass it seems
The wall can't hold a man with all his senses
Boundaries of gold and lead
And waves and lenses build our hidden fences
Chorus:
Had to get away
The broken glass, a ball and chain it's all the same