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I don’t want this Tinsel Glory
Or Empty Praise that I can’t carry
I want no more of this delusion
I just want to come back home to you again

Please make me your instrument
With eyes inside out I’ll never doubt this
The fruit will always show where the root is planted
I just want to come back home to you again
I just want to be free
I just want to be free
I just want to be free

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fewerbrokenpieces On Jun 30, 2010

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by puberteepete

15y ago

feel like it's about his relationship with God "fruit will show where root is planted"... dont even care if im wrong... this is something that i come to, to remember that even great people such as Rocky can always come back to the love of God

dont get "eyes inside out" line

this song is easily his saddest and most beautiful on the album

its amazing how he depresses me, yet raises hope, all in the same song no adjective is great enough for this man and his talents

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