[Verse 1: Josh Homme]
I tried to make a break, what a fool
I should've known, I never listen
I'm in a cage, an animal, I'm in a cage

[Hook 1: Josh Homme]
But the reptiles, they won't let me go
I think they want you to stray

[Verse 2: Josh Homme]
Watch the monkey dance, give him a taste
Look at him, he's always smiling
Help me to escape, your mouth agape, you foreign tourist

[Hook 2: Josh Homme]
Woe is me, it will be a funeral
A circus, I'll rap on the cell door

[Pre-Chorus: Josh Homme with Dave Grohl]
Questions are a fire that needs feeding to survive
So just you let those flames die down

[Chorus: Josh Homme with Dave Grohl]
Trained by consequence and the lash, it leaves me breathless
Their praise is a poison to us all
In the moonlight their scars flash like jewelry
Get too precious, get locked up in a cage
[Verse 3: Josh Homme]
Wanna get, gotta risk any move
Misconstrued, then you're screwed
Tongues flash and flick as if they're screaming

[Hook 3: Josh Homme]
Oh, they lie just like a lover
Oh, do they, those kisses will burn

[Verse 4: Josh Homme]
Under the lights, they snap a finger
You jump, you answer
Like a naive hooker with a big dumb smile

[Hook 4: Josh Homme]
For the reptiles, I guess you'll never know
They won't let you go 'cause you're the soup du jour, that's for sure

[Pre-Chorus: Josh Homme with Dave Grohl]
Questions are a fire that needs feeding to survive
So just you let those flames die down
See them reptiles crawl, getting closer
Why won't someone come to drive them away?

[Chorus 2: Josh Homme with Dave Grohl]
Don't rest too long, it's a mistake we can't take back
Take one lying down for a change
And, oh, it's like cleaning up after an orgy when it's over
I wish someone would burn this place to the ground