[Intro] . [Verse 1] They strapped my wings with linen sheets, White halls hum with broken peace, A feathered mind in a padded cage, They call me mad, they call it sane. [Interlude] . Windows locked to hush the wind, I talk to ghosts who call me kin, Doctor’s grin behind the glass, He writes my fate in crooked drafts. [Chorus] Oh, cuckoo, sing through padded walls, Echo down these bullshit halls, If freedom’s just a word they say, Then sign me out, I'll fly away. Cuckoo, cuckoo, call my name, Rattle this old broken frame, I’ll dream of sky above this nest, Oh, cuckoo, cuckoo, I need rest. [Verse 2] Needles bloom like thorny vines, They say these pills will fix my mind, But I see clearer when I’m gone, A bird of dusk, a shadow’s song. [Interlude] . Lullabies of locks and keys, Orderlies with tongues of steam, They hush the screams with leather ties, They call it care...it’s fuckin' lies. [Chorus] Oh, cuckoo, sing through padded walls, Echo down these bullshit halls, If freedom’s just a word they say, Then sign me out, I'll fly away. Cuckoo, cuckoo, call my name, Rattle this old broken frame, I’ll dream of sky above this nest, Oh, cuckoo, cuckoo, I need rest. [Bridge] I hear the river past the gate, Where laughter drowns the hands of fate, Where every broken fledgling soul Can mend its wings and take control. [Interlude] . But here the cuckoo calls alone, A voice they claim is not my own, Yet through the static, through the night, I hear it cooing... I’m alive. [Final Chorus] Oh, cuckoo, break these padded walls, Echo down these bullshit halls, If freedom’s just a dream they sell, Then free me from this padded hell. Cuckoo, cuckoo, don’t forget, This mind’s not dead, it’s just misled, One flight away above this nest, One final song before I rest. [Outro: Fade Out ] .
