Lyric

In the basement apartment, three AM

She's writing everything that happened to her skin

Every cage she wore, every form they picked

How she learned to move when her body clicked

Shakuhachi playing soft through the wall

She's listening, taking notes of it all

Coil and release, coil and release—

The breath they teach becomes the path to peace

Coil unbound, finally I'm leaving

Coil unbound, watch what you're deceiving

Coil unbound, I know what's mine

Coil unbound, watch the design

Venus rising past the apartment window

She stands naked, claiming what she's been owed

The form is hers now, not theirs to divide

Every muscle, every scale, every side

Writes a letter, burns it in the sink

Says to the ashes: you taught me to think

She coils once more, but this time she knows

When she uncoils, nowhere she has to go

The breath comes easy

The breath comes clean

The breath knows where it's been

Mornin' comes and she's already gone

Left a feather and a door opened

Someone reads the note she left behind:

"The cage was never your design."