"'Caged Bird' is my attempt at putting into words the inner voice that has freed me from 25 years of heroin addiction and over 30 prison sentences in that time. I went through that revolving door of addiction, prison, addiction, prison so many times I probably broke records. There was finally a 'waking up' in prison about 6 years ago and I've been free ever since. So when I found the Unbound community at Vox Liminis about 7 months ago people suggested I try and write a song, this song came to me pretty quickly. It's basically about realizing we're conditioned by our environment, culture, society...all that stuff, and finding a depth within, beyond all the conditioned 'person' stuff. The 'cage' is an illusion...'cage' being the fake mind-made self. It's just simple writing, that's all I've got really but the beauty of freedom I hope is held within it."
credits
from PAPER PLANES: AUGUST 2022,
released November 3, 2022
Performed by William
Violin and Backing Vocals by Jill O'Sullivan
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