Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
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
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
Lyrics submitted by intothegrinder2
Free Me Lyrics as written by Taylor Hawkins David Eric Grohl
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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