I reached through my own skin
Deep between my lungs and ribs
I fought to hold my heart down
Until it stopped struggling
You can’t live with so much pain
So you learn to turn it on and off again
I can only be free when I sing
Then I have to hurt myself again
You don’t want to taste my heart
You don’t want the band-aid off
But I can’t stop the flow of blood
til it pours out in a flash flood
You can’t live with so much pain
So you learn to turn it on and off again
I can only be free when I sing
Then I have to crush myself again
You think I shut the deluge down
When I chatter and I play the clown
But the fall just takes another form
I lie in the center of the storm
I can only be free when I sing
I’m only free when I sing