Story Behind the Song
I was motivated by a personal experience that is over now, so no need to re-hash it.
My producer, Daniel Ho, did such an awesome job with this track incorporating some of our breathing patterns into the rhythm.
Like the other songs on my album, this one came quickly and took only two sessions to complete.
Lyrics
SET ME FREE
Listen up - needy one I would like to share a matter with you:
I am me - you are you, no connection there so you've got no right to
suck the life out of my personality with your own apathy
I'm the crutch, you're the load that I've had to bear -
get over your fears baby
baby, baby
I wonder if you'll ever see the light
CHORUS:
Set me free - let go, let me be free to stand on my own ground
Set me free - I need someone who'll take me up, not bring me down
Set me free - you've got to go meet, meet your demons on your own
Set me free, set me free
I admit I was wrong to give into you - give into your weakness
Should've let you drown in your self-pity,
then maybe you'd rescue your ownself grow some wings, learn to swim, to fly without me
I really do really hate being all to you: your babysitter, counselor
counselor your doctor, mother and lover
I will not hold your hand all through your life - won't you
Set me free - let go, let me be free to stand on my own ground
Set me free - I need someone who'll take me up, not bring me down
Set me free - I won't let you live pretend to live your life through me
Set me free, set me free
Go, let me be
Give me peace
Give me breathing space -
a land of my own
where there's love not just favors being done
Set me free
It's up to me
to permanently close
all the doors to my soul
from the needy one
Oh please set me free,
let me be,
for the love of Jesus Christ.
Set me free - let go, let me be free to stand on my own ground
Set me free - I need someone who'll take me up, not bring me down
Set me free - you've got to go meet, meet your demons on your own
Set me free, set me free
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