Freedom
Starlock
shellshocked waiting on a ride
Watching minutes tick past bad decisions
Every dollar’s already been assigned
It never even feels like it’s mine
I’ve learned how to hold my breath
Learned how to bend for days
Everything costs more than it says
And the price is never all you pay
[Chorus]
Freedom’s not checking the balance every day
Not weighing every choice against the cost
It’s not asking what I have to give away
Just to get through what I’ve lost
[Verse 2]
Some endure by becoming smaller Some decline by checking out first Nothing here rewards resistance And prayers can never quench the thirst
There are whole lives built on subtraction Still standing where the rest would fall Who can say how they keep going and what kind of world is this at all?
[Chorus]
Freedom’s not checking the balance every day
Not weighing every choice against the cost
It’s not asking what we have to give away
Just to get through what we’ve lost...
[Bridge] A scale hangs over everything Never tipping, never still Lives arranged like leveraged weight Held together only by will
[Chorus]
Freedom’s not checking the balance every day
Not weighing every choice against the cost
It’s not asking what we have to give away
Just to get through what we’ve lost...