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I've got my back against the wall
I can still hear the blue sky call
The chains that hold me back inside
All the prisons of my mind
Yeah
Free
Come set me free
Down on my knees
I still believe you can save me from me
Come set me free
I still believe
That inside this shell there's a prison cell
I try to live the light of day
Why do I do what I hate?
When I try to reach above
I only hurt the ones I love
Yeah
Free
Come set me free
Down on my knees
I still believe you can save me from me
Come set me free
I still believe
That inside this shell there's a prison cell
There's a hole in the neighborhood
Where the shadows fall
There's a hole in my heart
But my hope is not in me at all
I had a dream that my chains were broken, broken
Broken open
Free
Come set me free
Down on my knees
I still believe you could save me from me
Come set me free
I still believe that inside this shell there's a prison cell
Inside this shell there's a prison cell
Inside this shell there's a prison cell
I can still hear the blue sky call
The chains that hold me back inside
All the prisons of my mind
Yeah
Free
Come set me free
Down on my knees
I still believe you can save me from me
Come set me free
I still believe
That inside this shell there's a prison cell
I try to live the light of day
Why do I do what I hate?
When I try to reach above
I only hurt the ones I love
Yeah
Free
Come set me free
Down on my knees
I still believe you can save me from me
Come set me free
I still believe
That inside this shell there's a prison cell
There's a hole in the neighborhood
Where the shadows fall
There's a hole in my heart
But my hope is not in me at all
I had a dream that my chains were broken, broken
Broken open
Free
Come set me free
Down on my knees
I still believe you could save me from me
Come set me free
I still believe that inside this shell there's a prison cell
Inside this shell there's a prison cell
Inside this shell there's a prison cell
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I really couldn't get the jist of this song, but thanks ninja hidden in the cheese, lol.
I get the feeling of desperation from this song, but unlike other blues songs, this song is much more hopeful: 'I still believe'
Trust Switchfoot to keep the faith, lol!
The concept of this song is fairly simple. I am trapped by myself. I am a man who is bounded by his own lusts and vices, yearning to be free of these hindrances. We are enslaved to our passing desires that are often more swayed by our environment than our own volition. Most of what we call our "choices" are simply reactions. Free thought is incredibly rare. Who can know the darkest parts within himself? This unspoken and nameless prison is the bane of the "free" world, the hole in the neighborhood. We are in the chains of debt, the chains of consumption, enslaved by our lusts, our fears, and our past. The truth will set you free but it's only slightly less scary than hell and a whole lot harder to get there. There is no outer freedom until we have chosen to be free inside.
Lyrically I feel like this song is the brother of "Mess of Me." Yearning for a life beyond what I have. Hoping for freedom. Still yearning to get there. "I had a dream that my chains were broken... broken open." I'm still running hard for this goal."