A skyline's severance Cleave from creation's hands To break free From the ghost of me I burn it down A past life to the ground So much to feel alive To feel the tide

And sadness will sear Tied to the fences they break you Cold is the wind that will freeze you It's 12:53 AM, October 12th Shepherd is chased by the wolves Wolves who live by intolerance and hate For what they couldn't understand Blinded and vicious are

I can't move Freedom, cut me loose 'Cause I need freedom, too I break chains all by myself Won't let my freedom rot in hell Hey! I'ma keep running 'Cause a winner don't quit on themselves I'm telling these tears, go and fall away, fall away

I'm falling to pieces I'm falling to pieces, yeah I'm falling to pieces yeah Oh it don't breakeven no I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing 'Cause I got time while she got freedom And what am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up and you're OK (One

Can't help but think about the situation Tryna get to see but my mind's racing Only got each other we can turn to Lying here, I know they'll never break you free You ain't got no money, I ain't got no time All these faces lookin' funny when I'm drivin'

I need to heart-break-loose-the wind Dedela umoya wami, baba (set my spirit free, father) Take my heart away (repeat) To be the sound of wild geese calling To be ten seasons in a night To dance the sun beyond the tides of war and peace To put silence

How can it be You plead my cause You right my wrongs You break my chains You overcome You gave Your life To give me mine You say that I am free I am guilty

Closing the eyes (bear witness to me) Freedom is all I have to say in defense Of what the world's becoming A nation hell bent on choosing what's right And how we all should live our lives Fuck their ways it is time to break free Fuck their hate

I break with the past Set the nexus free at last As the future will be there to save us Trapped in my skin See the nexus in my dreams But will you bury me within I have the will inside my mind There is a voice I can't deny

Gonna drift to the great wide open Gonna set my spirit free Won't stop till I reach the ocean Gonna break these chains holding me Gonna swim in the coldest river Gonna drink from a mountain spring Deep in the land of the great wide open And let the water