Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me, yeah

Beautiful prisoner, let it be dead
Promises made and sentences read
Voices and visions are locked in my head
Like a safe full of sorrow
All of the words that we damn never speak
All of our ghosts and the secrets we keep
Gather them all, and we'll bury them deep
Like a safe full of sorrow

Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me, hey

One for forever
One in your name
One to remember
We're one in the same
One to forget but it always remains
Like a safe full of sorrow

Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Could you free what's keepin' you?
Well, I need somebody too

Free me, free me
Free me, free me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Free me right now
You take me away, take it from me
Can you free what's keepin' you?
Well, I need somebody too

Free me, free me
Free me, free me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah


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Free Me Lyrics as written by Taylor Hawkins David Eric Grohl

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    Cleaning the skeletons out of your closet. And encouraging others to do the same. Pretty basic.

    Qjasoon October 11, 2006   Link

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