You feel a distant warm pulsing light shining on your face. It is the abyss. From its radiation comes an angelic spirit. She sings of problems you have faced, and your mind harmonizes as she leads you to an oracle not too far. The Oracle appears. You hope for a golden ticket, yet you receive nothing. But, then, you realize you came with nothing, when it has always been your job to create something. Your grit shall be your freedom.
lyrics
LYRICS
Character 1 (Metaphor):
Lost in Vapor
Need to Escape
Reverse My state
Make me whole again
I need to find my freedom.
Sinking
Through Life
My hopes
Denied
Tortured
Broken
My life’s disappeared.
I need to find my freedom. (2x)
When there’s nothing left at the end of the day
And there was nothing there to start
How does everything fit
Come together not split
How can I find my freedom.
Character 2 (Antecedent):
Over and over, whisper
There is no heartfelt future
Hey kid, make yourself useful
Write something that feels familiar
But I can’t shake the feeling
That faithful walls and ceilings
Will not replace the meaning
Lost if I abandon dreaming
Lost if I ignore the thought that
I need to find my freedom.
Character 3 (Philosophy):
Wisdom comes to those who endure.
Metaphor/Antecedent Build:
Lost in vapor (I can't shake this feeling)
Denied (Need to escape)
Everything's falling down (Hey kid, make yourself useful)
Help me escape (Lost If I abandoned dreaming, Lost if I ignore the thought.)
I need to find my freedom (Tortured, Broken (3x))
There's no heartfelt future (Lost If I abandoned dreaming, Lost if I ignore the thought (2x))
I need to reverse my state (Hey kid (2x))
Final Trio:
Persist Persevere Prevail
When there’s nothing left at the end of the day
And there was nothing there to start
How does everything fit
Come together not split
How can I find my freedom
(But I can’t shake the feeling
That faithful walls and ceilings
Will not replace the meaning
Lost if I abandon dreaming
Lost if I ignore the thought that
I need to find my freedom.)
(And you will find your freedom.)
credits
from Singles,
track released April 20, 2018
LYRICS BY: Alexandra Smith, Mitch Webb, Vikrant Muthusamy
PERFORMED BY: Alexandra Smith, Mitch Webb, Vikrant Muthusamy
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