Thursday, February 26, 2015

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

Dang this was a long day. I knew it was gonna be, but it was longer and harder than I thought.

It seems I'm coming to the end of a line I've been walking for quite some time now. Transitions are always hard for me, but I have to think it's a good sign that the song that came to me tonight as I headed for bed was this one:

If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, set them free

If it's a mirror you want, just look into my eyes
Or a whipping boy, someone to despise
Or a prisoner in the dark
Tied up in chains you just can't see
Or a beast in a gilded cage
That's all some people ever want to be

If you love somebody, set them free

You can't control an independent heart
Can't tear the one you love apart
Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live
We can't live here and be happy with less
So many riches, so many souls
Everything we see we want to possess

If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, set them free

Free. That's exactly what I'm ready to be...

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