Distant Dreams in a Golden Cage

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

The grass by the covered walkway has grown for another season

Yet my dreams keep running farther, through distant city gates

The parrot learns the long night as a softly murmured grievance

Behind the curtains I hear my own sigh

[Pre-Chorus]

How dazzlingly a golden lock shines

Yet it cannot light up the blue sky my heart longs for

[Chorus]

A golden cage cannot imprison the distant reaches of a dream

Nor can it lock away a heart that is still growing

If the strings break, first softly sing my name

Let the original voice recognize its own form

A golden cage cannot imprison the distant reaches of a dream

May I walk in sunlight the next time I wake

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]

The frosty moon lights the window paper so clearly

Yet the dew has not filled the gap to make it whole

I no longer expect splendor to take the place of freedom

Nor will I let silence become my only reply

[Pre-Chorus]

How dazzlingly a golden lock shines

Yet it cannot light up the blue sky my heart longs for

[Chorus]

A golden cage cannot imprison the distant reaches of a dream

Nor can it lock away a heart that is still growing

If the strings break, first softly sing my name

Let the original voice recognize its own form

A golden cage cannot imprison the distant reaches of a dream

May I walk in sunlight the next time I wake

[Bridge]

Please give every living being back the right to choose

Leave warmth in an entrance hall where one is free to come and go

When someone is willing to understand this faint song

Then I draw one step closer to the real world

[Final Chorus]

A golden cage cannot imprison the distant reaches of a dream

Nor can it lock away a heart that is still growing

If the strings break, first softly sing my name

Let the original voice recognize its own form

A golden cage cannot imprison the distant reaches of a dream

May I walk in sunlight the next time I wake

[Outro]

As dawn approaches I gently lower the old curtain

The road within my heart has already led beyond the door