Freedom Calls

Freedom calls
Time to walk a different road
These four walls
Tried to steal away my hopes

"You're too afraid! Scared to face it! You're shaking!" - Why
Did I walk in blind
When I
Should have stopped and turned aside?

If old equals wise
Then youth is the fool who brought me here
To open my eyes
And close the door to yesteryear

This world never ceases
To rip you to pieces
It delves and it reaches
Into your beliefs
Ain't nobody perfect
And man, don't we learn it
The hard way. I'm hurtin'
The future's uncertain

Freedom calls
I don't recognise these walls
After all
Time don't stop while you grow old

Now I stand alone
In a doorway I don't know
And a place I once called home
I don't recognize
My pride
Was all it took to cross the line

This world never ceases
To rip you to pieces
It delves and it reaches
Into your beliefs
Ain't nobody perfect
And man, don't we learn it
The hard way. I'm hurtin'
The future's uncertain

If old equals wise
Then youth is the fool who brought me here
To open my eyes
And close the door to yesteryear

She murmurs
"It's been a long time"
You've changed and
"You got left behind"
I'm sorry
"Don't cut it, and I
Just don't want to know!"

I plead but
"It's been a long time"
You've changed and
"I left you behind
I'm sorry
But I just don't want to know!"

This world never ceases
To rip you to pieces
It delves and it reaches
Into your beliefs
Ain't nobody perfect
And man, don't we learn it
The hard way. I'm hurting'
The future's uncertain

This world
To rip you to pieces
And pulls you apart
The hard way. I'm hurting
The future's uncertain

So no! There is no going back
I just gotta break free from the past
Your time runs down a one-way track
And freedom's calling out to me at last!