Trying to be Free

It’s the influential period

Where everything matters

But nothing will stay with us

Except for everything that hurts.

And you sit us down with shackles

And with condemning rules

You tear ’til we unravel

And leave us without a clue.

So it’s no wonder that

We’re lost among the twilight,

As we’re sailing through the sea

We’re stumbling ’round our lives

We’re just trying to be free.

You think we’re one and the same

You make us all dull and gray

Each of us can fight for ourselves

We don’t all procrastinate.

You separate us into groups

Not giving people what they need

You take away our choices

You trample on our voices.

So it’s crystal clear why

We’re lost among the twilight,

As we’re sailing through the sea

We’re stumbling ’round our lives

We’re just trying to be free.

But the weird thing is

You’re just looking out for us

It’s this damn twisted system

That really hates our guts.

It’s not on your head that

We’re lost among the twilight,

As we’re sailing through the sea

We’re stumbling ’round our lives

We’re just trying to be free.

It’s a burden we have to bear

But not for long

We’ll change things,

I swear.