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Freedom Exists Lyrics

Did you know freedom exists
In a school book?
Did you know madmen
Are running our prison
Within a jail, within a gaol
Within a white free protestant
Maelstrom

We're perched headlong
On the edge of boredom
We're reaching for death
On the end of a candle
We're trying for something
That's already found us
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Cover art for Freedom Exists lyrics by Doors, The

This song is great. I wanna know wat it means. Why hasnt anyone commented on this... its great. FIRST COMMENT!!!!!!!!

"Did you know madmen Are running our prison Within a jail, within a gaol Within a white free protestant Maelstrom" I think this might be about government conspiracy/Illuminati. Morrison often screamed at his fans to "Wake Up" at his shows.

That's all I can decipher

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Did you know freedom exists in a school book: Knowledge is the key to freedom. With knowledge we see new paths and open our lives to opportunity.

Did you know madmen our running our prison: Corrupt and vile people own our prisons, not intent on rehabilitation, but on punishment.

Within a jail: America imagined as a vast jail, trapping people in their regular lives without the faintest idea of the truth of reality.

Within a gale: Life imagined as a violent, unending and unpredictable wind, taking us to places we can't foresee.

Within a white, free prodestant maelstrom: The...

 
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