Escape from Freedom

Get the "Broken Reflections" album at https://lance-eads.bandcamp.com/album/broken-reflections <br /> <br />I’ve wrapped myself in a blanket of lies <br />I’ve filled out a formal complaint made of cries <br />Pulled down the shades and averted my eyes <br />And purchased insurance against falling skies <br /> <br />But I can’t escape from freedom <br /> <br />I’ve joined every club and association <br />That will allow me admittance within <br />Then quit them because of the very sin <br />Of laxity for letting one like me in <br /> <br />But I can’t escape from freedom <br /> <br />I’ve layered my look and I’ve looked at my layers <br />And built walls of weaponry against naysayers <br />And I can out play the playing-est players <br />In Truth or Dare I’m the daring-est of darer <br /> <br />But I can’t escape from freedom <br /> <br />Freedom is falling <br />With nothing to hold <br />That’s where we’re all at <br />In case you weren’t told <br />Believing is clinging <br />Though there’s nothing there <br />Faith’s letting go <br />And you have to, so there <br /> <br />My masks they are many my walls they are thick <br />Self-deception a-plenty and a very large stick <br />For beating the demons I think that I see <br />In the house of mirrors that I’ve built around me <br /> <br />But I can’t escape from freedom