Masquerades all around
The smiles hide the tears
The laughs hide the pain
The jokes hide the insults

To be free I endured the previous years
Always dreamt when that day would come,
That at last I'd be free
Free of ridicule
Free of scoldings
Free of this imprisonment

You say you love me
That you'd sacrifice it all for me
But your love shows only through anger
The tower of your broken promises becomes your pedestal
And at the bottom, the **** beneath you, is me

I signed my life away
Wishing to be free
I gave away my future
Hoping to escape my past
I said goodbye to my dreams
Praying to leave this prison

Time doesn't come fast enough
Your sharp edge insults lacerate my weak heart
It is when my shield drops that you strike the hardest
Reopening barely healing wounds
The will to fight dies
And the will to be free rises

To be free of your reign
I'll cover my hands with blood
To be free of your tyrannic control
I'll say goodbye to love
To be free of the image you wish me to be
I'll put my life on the line
And if all that fails to set me free,
Then let my soul fly up, up, up
Away from this earthly hell
Away from your corrupted love
Away from the mother who failed to raise her child
But who will not allow that child to be the man who he is

To be free, yes I'll commit this sin
Because to be free, it means to be away from your failed love
To be free
Is all I've ever wanted
To be free is what one day I'll be