I'll Set You Free

The Bangles

I hear you through the wire
The words all sound like noise
What happened to the fire in your voice

Don't try to hide the distance
It's just too big to ignore
We work it out like business
It won't work anymore

I remember eyes that shine
As they looked so hard back into mine
Now it's just a memory
So I'll set you free

I'll set you free
Still sometimes late at night
Moonlight comes into my window
I make believe it's how it used to be

We made it look so easy
We never tried to resist
Somehow you stopped believing
Somehow we've come to this

I remember eyes that shined
As they looked so hard back into mine
Now it's just a memory
So I'll set you free
I remember words that fell

Like coins into a wishing well
It was never meant to be
So I'll set you free
I'll set you free

So now that I must go on
What more can I do
What good is being strong
When all I ever really want is you


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I'll Set You Free Lyrics as written by David Eric Lowen Daniel Anthony Navarro

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    General Comment
    1. A more literal interpretation: A long distance relationship that didn't work out. The passion is gone and they're only holding on for convience. So she decides to let him go.
    2. A more personal interpretation: She had a crush on him but then they were separated (went away to college perhaps?) and now she realizes she doesn't feel the same about him anymore so she lets go of the memory of him.
    seregeldaon April 24, 2003   Link

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