I just don't believe, I'm ready for today
This paranoid pain, it's coming back again
Oh, that picture Momma placed
By the window, oh, how I hate my face

And there's people all outside
Behind the curtains silver lines with all their lies
They're all like mine, all like mine
But when the wind blows, I'll go, I'll go

And I will be released
Break these chains, set me free
And I will be released
Break these chains

I can think of brighter days
They were golden in a way
Words were not this gray
Now prices will be paid
When I walk in the path
Of all you guilty ones someday

'Cause I cannot help my heart
When it's beating in the dark
Afraid next time, I won't cry, I won't cry
And when the times change, I'll go away, I'm away

And I will be released
Break these chains, set me free
And I will be released
Break these chains, set me free

Like a pilot I will fly, way up in the sky
I'll be free, I'll be high, high, high
And I will be released
Break these chains, break these chains

So I can be released, praying on my knees
That I can be released, I can be released. oh
So I can be released, praying on my knees
That I will be released, I can be released

And I will be released
Break these chains, set me free
And I will be released
Break these chains, set me free

Like a pilot I will fly, way up in the sky
I'll be free, I'll be high, high, high
And I will be released
Break these chains, break these chains

I can think of brighter days
They were golden in a way
Words were not this gray
But I can break these chains