Work through joy through work the goddess of religion dogma and guilt
Poor me start joyful destiny respite guilt free passion
Grant fear of freedom sympathy god and myself god and myself
To another place from respect joyful girl, thank you

And I'm ready to release on another day, I'm ready to respect the day today
I'm ready to respect myself today, I'm ready to release

Self-image confidence troubled comfortable blame touching partake
With grace jealousy wisdom unabashed joy and me and you yum
Power transference to equality letting go joy again
Loving do unto others as to yourself, thank you

Male female innocent carefree, fate honour and wrong
Success caressing a self love, do to yourself as to others
Comfortable held release, comfortable held release


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Release Lyrics as written by Fred Herrmann Roman Camenzind

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    to me this song means that you have to cut through all the bullshit we find forced upon us by society and find ourselves again find what's important to us, find the meaning of why we live, find what we live for so we can release

    Unky_Rulyon September 29, 2002   Link
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    Awesome, awesome song. One the best album openers I've ever heard too.

    Like Ruly said, it's pretty much about accepting, and then letting go, yourself from all the bullshit of society and preached/prescribed ways of living, and starting to respect yourself.

    auxocromeon November 23, 2006   Link
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    letting go of everything and just being yourself, no matter who, what or when

    jeff_katon January 02, 2008   Link

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