If you keep me on a short line

If you keep me on a short line every time

You're tapping on a secret I'm never gonna let you in

I live in the future

I live in the shadow of a description

Tapping on a secret I'm never gonna let you in

Oh and I

I'm a bird in a cage who's pecking on the mirror

When I see my own reflection

I start counting down the days like I count down change in my pocket

Now the pocket's dry

And it can break your down easy or it can break you down slow

When someone else ends up at the start of the show

I make a little gesture

I make a little gesture

Hands in the air

Calling for surrender

I'm never gonna let you in

I live in the future

Always in the shadow of a description

Been tapping on a secret

I've been toppled like a fallen pin

Nothing's keeping out the cold tonight

I never thought I'd be the one to leave myself untied