Omnipresent phrase in my mind
Spoken word I've said one million times
Who are you to tell me it'll always be this way
I close my eyes and I turn around
And leave it all behind

So free for the moment
Lost somewhere between the earth and the sky
So free for the moment
Lost because I wanna be lost
Dont try to find me

Always try to breeze through my life
Repititious things I've done one million times
Who are you to tell me it will always be this way
I close my eyes and I turn around
And leave it all behind

What could I do
It's not such a terrible thing
What would you do
It's not such a terrible thing


So free for the moment
Lost somewhere between the earth and the sky
So free for the moment
Lost because I wanna be lost
So free for the moment
Lost somewhere between the earth and the sky
So free for the moment
Lost because I wanna be lost
Dont try to find


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    i love this song. My friend Bonnie and i we listened to this song on repeat everytime we got in my car last summer. I have since moved and now this song makes me sad, just because of the great memories. We wouldride with the windows down, no matter how cold it was, and we'd part are arms out the window and just sing...

    fallnlogon January 06, 2005   Link
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    i love this song sooooo much i fell in love with it the very first time i heard it on Empire Records (awesome movie~!!!!)lol and at first i thought it kinda sounded like the cranberries but then i watched the credits and saw that it was the martinis and i downloaded it lol its so awesome

    Bubblezon February 02, 2005   Link
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    About not wanting to have any cares at all, and not wanting to be told what to do and how to do things. I love this song because it's exactly what the title says "Free" Getting lost in the moment and feeling alive. Love it! And Empire Records is one of my favorites

    Sleepagenton March 29, 2007   Link

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