When You Are Free

Love thy neighbor as thyself

Has to be the most violated commandment

And I know how you need love

Bound and silenced for so long

While you did what others needed from you

Now you’ve left what once was yours

When the pressures lift around you

And you’re all alone

You can finally find a way

When some mercy comes upon you

And your pain has flown

I hope you’ll hear me when I say

When you are free, when you are free

You can leave your past

When you are free

When you are free, when you are free

Your love for you must last

When you are free

When you’re working for so long

Shutting off the calling of your heart’s desires

It can pull you from yourself

When you push and strain so hard

That your limbs are numb and the pain is empty

It can leave you feeling lost

Change is coming, that is certain

Though it has been long

You know there must be more

Scatter all your self before you

And you’ll see you’re strong

There is so much to explore

When you are free, when you are free

You can leave your past

When you are free

When you are free, when you are free

Your love for you must last

When you are free

Falter farther forward

Feeling for emotion

Finding sound foundations, leaving agony

Banished but unbroken,

Bending, seeking balance

Hold your soul tight, give it light, and let it see

Let it see

When you are free, when you are free

You can leave your past

When you are free

When you are free, when you are free

Your love for you must last

When you are free