and so the melody went: C, A, G, E, C, A, G, E, C, A, G, E and he was locked inside it and his heartbeat was in 9/8; a rhythm he struggled to move to and it set his veins to boiling temperature and the blood bubbled like soup on a stovetop and the vessels burst like a boat in a storm
...until he found the key, that unlocked the CAGE.
the idea of tension and release in chord progressions in music