Free
Free
Free
Free, free, free, free
Free
Free
Free
Free, free, free, free
Crying, I keep crying for my love
My love who left me hung
But it was limitation
Taught me what I truly loved
Crying, I keep crying for my truth
My tears the only route
But I'm alive and seething
And I'm coming back for you
(Free)
Don't tell me I'm free!
(Free)
Don't tell me I'm free!
(Free)
Don't tell me I'm free!
(Free, free, free, free)
Crying, I keep crying for my love
My love who kept me hung
But it was tribulation
Taught me what I truly dug
Crying, I keep crying for my home
The only one I've known
If I go back I'll only stand over my grave alone
Free
Don't tell me I'm free!
Don't tell me I'm free!
I'm free!
Free
Free
(Don't tell me I'm free!)
Free
(Don't tell me-)
Free, free, free, free
(Crying, I keep crying for my home, the only one I've known...)
(Free)
"-record it really quick for you, is that-"
"Do you mind?"
"No, not at all. So it would be, uh, Water-, I mean, 'Heart Attack', haha. (Drumming) One, two, three, da-buh, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four..."
Free was written by Merrill Garbus & Nate Brenner.
Free was produced by Merrill Garbus & Nate Brenner.
Tune-Yards released Free on Fri Jan 19 2018.
The lyric here is similar to the one in “Now As Then,” where I say, “I don’t want to be a woman if it means not being human.” I’ve spent a lot of years working on owning being a woman. Of course I’m free – I’ve just spent this whole album talking about how privilege I am. But, “Don’t tell me I’m fre...