Found a hole that fill inside myself
This emptiness by my own hand
So constricted, self inflicted
It's more than I can stand

[Chorus]
Got to break free from this disease
And I know without a doubt I just want more
Life breathe from holes down deep inside
I need to find

I push to keep these walls from caving in
Trying though I can't fill this space
I have excuses, it never fuses
It's hard for me to face

[Chorus: x2]

Break Free

Got to break free
Got to break free

[Chorus: x4]


Lyrics submitted by fireToSteel0423

Break Free Lyrics as written by Tony Palacios Jim Cooper

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Lyrics powered by LyricFind

Break Free song meanings
Add Your Thoughts

2 Comments

sort form View by:
  • 0
    General Comment

    So, here's what it sounds like to me. Whatever he did (or failed to do) caused him to feel empty inside (line 2), as though there was a hole inside of him (line 1). It sounds like he gave into the empty feeling rather than trying to fix the problem ("...fell inside myself"). He feels like it's a disease and wants more out of life than the emptiness he feels (Chorus). He's trying to prevent his life from collapsing ("I push to keep...") but can't seem to fill the emptiness within himself ("Trying though..."). etc. Cool song, good lyrics. Any other interpretations?

    fireToSteel0423on September 20, 2008   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

More Featured Meanings

Album art
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines: "Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet" So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other: "I had all and then most of you" Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart "Some and now none of you" Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship. This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Album art
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Album art
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version. Great version of a great song,
Album art
Magical
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Album art
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.