In The Cage (track)
by Genesis
Year: 1974
From the album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (track #5)
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In The Cage appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (track #5) (this album) (1974)
- 1970-1975 (Box Set) (track #32) (compilation) (2008)
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| ! | 01/19/2026 00:53 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 |
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| ! | 12/06/2025 17:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,428 | 70/100 |
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| ! | 09/19/2025 12:19 | steve397 | 5,072 | 74/100 |
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Squonk007 05/03/2021 13:05 | #269308
Intricate and well crafted. The lyrics drag you in.
Every little bit of this song is so excellently crafted. The slow, creeping intro as Rael begins to realize his predicament, the wild charge of the keyboard riff and Gabriel's jagged shouts as Rael begs for escape, Banks' synth solos before and after the bridge that personify the internal madness that Rael is feeling, and so on. Even the slight shift to a major key in the post-verses correlate with Rael's hopeful thoughts about how to escape. It's all so well-constructed. I do think this one definitely takes multiple listens to fully appreciate, but when you get it, you get it. It's one of the finest moments on this album and one of Genesis' finest moments in general.
I am not a big fan of the Banks Minimoog solo. The solo undoes the threatening and carefully constructed atmosphere of the first part of the song. The lyrics here are important to try to understand the whole story. There are a lot of clues.
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Goliath 02/17/2019 16:47 | #232089
Epic track, better with each listen.
paladisiac 01/05/2012 21:17 | #34572
"i've got sunshine in my stomach like i just rocked my baby to sleep". Beautiful introduction to horrific tale of chaos & claustrophobia. Great song for quoting lyrics, as is half the album. The opening verse builds musically as it builds lyrically this way: "rockface moves to press my skin / white liquid turns sour within / turn fast - turn sour / turn sweat - turn sour / must tell myself that i'm not here, / i'm drowning in a liquid fear. / bottled in a strong compression, / my distortion shows obsession / in the cave". i love tony banks's synth playing at the bridge, possibly his fastest, most intricate passage at first, yielding to a more pastoral calm before high-pitching to the song's climax. "helpless in my violet rage", rael's friend (mirror image perhaps) leaves him in his man-made urban cage: "pressures building / can't take more / headaches charge / earaches roar". i love the spiraling out-of-control ending per-denouement.
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