CAGE THE ELEPHANT LYRICS - Back Against The Wall

"Back Against The Wall"



Tonight I'll have a look

And try to find my face again

Buried beneath this house

My spirit screams and dies again



Out back

A monster wears a cloak of Persian leather

Behind the TV screen

I've fallen to my knees



I said you got me where you want me again

And I can't turn away

I'm hangin' by a thread and I'm feelin' like a fool

I'm stuck here in between

The shadows of my yesterday

I want to get away

I need to get away



Blanket of silence

Makes me want to sink my teeth in deep

Burn all the evidence

A fabricated disbelief



Pull back the curtains

Took alook into your eyes

My tongue has now become

A platform for your lies



I said you got me where you want me again

And I can't turn away

I'm hangin' by a thread and I'm feelin' like a fool

I'm stuck here right between

The shadows of my yesterday

I want to get away

I need to get away



[Chorus:]

Now you know

Yeah you got my back against the wall

Oh god

I ain't got no other place to hide

Chained down

Like a sitting duck just waiting for the fall

You know

Yeah you got my back against the wall



Deep in the jungle

Camouflaged by all the falen leaves

A hand holds up the sky

While shamefully I make my plea



The alter's callin'

But my legs won't seem to stand

Guess I'm a coward

Scared to face the man I am