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Back Against The Wall

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Cage The Elephant

Back Against The Wall

Release date: 2008

From Cage The ElephantTrack 63:48

Lyrics

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 hanging by thread and I'm feelin' like a ball
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 a look 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 hanging by a thread and I'm feelin' like a ball
I'm stuck here in-between
The shadows of my yesterday I
Want to get away
I need to get away

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 sittin' duck just waitin' for the fall
You know
Yeah you got my back against the wall

Deep in the jungle
Camouflaged by all the fallen leaves
A hand holds up the sky
While shamefully I make my plea
The alters callin'
But my legs won't seem to stand
Guess I'm a coward
Scared to face the man I am

I said you got me where you want me again
And I can't turn away
I'm hanging by thread and I'm feelin' like a ball
I'm stuck here in-between
The shadows of my yesterday I
Want to get away
I need to get away

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 sittin' duck just waitin' for the fall
You know
Yeah you got my back against the wall

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 sittin' duck just waitin' for the fall
You know yeah
You got my back against the wall

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3:482008Single

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"Back Against The Wall" is a single by Cage The Elephant, from the album Cage The Elephant, released 2008. The track is 3:48 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Cage The Elephant.

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