I'm Only Free

The kids in the schoolyard play Prisoner’s Base

They run from the jail guard; it’s prison they face

Their bodies are free, just as I long to be

So I scream and I shout it out

The teams, they are chosen; a line drawn in the sand

The play is in motion; it’s out of my hands

But jail is not for me, and I long to be free

So I scream and I shout it out

I’m only free if I let myself be

If I get left behind, I’m only wasting my own time

And I won’t be left out

The kids are all waiting; this prison holds one

The jail guard is baiting to see if I’ll run

Now the scars that I bear will be a badge that I’ll wear

Once I bleed till I don’t have a drop left to spare

And this prison won’t hold me, believe me, I swear

Because I’m free. I’m free.

I’m only free if I let myself be

If I get left behind, I’m only wasting my own time

And I won’t be left out

I won’t let me be left out

I won’t let me be left out

I won’t let me be left out