“Set Me Free” is the 12th and final track to Gaslighter. It addresses the end of lead-Chicks singer Natalie Maines’s marriage to longtime spouse Adrian Pasdar, and implores him to honor the time they spent together by setting her free – both emotionally and in the ongoing legal dispute between the t...
[Verse 1]
I've done what I know
To help me move on
I've been sick from the hurt
I've cried alone
Why, oh why do you keep me tethered?
You've taken enough from me
Untangle me from your lifeline
Why not just set me free?
[Pre-Chorus]
Don't you feel you're wasting time?
You have the power to make it right
[Chorus]
Decency
Would be for you to sign and release me
If you ever loved me
Then will you do this one last thing?
Set me free, set me free
Oh, set me free
[Verse 2]
To have and to hold
Oh, the weight of this hate was exhausting
You risked my body, broke my spirit
And still, I've let you go
[Pre-Chorus]
Just because you've been a bad guy
I've seen it with my own eyes
There's a good guy in there
[Chorus]
Decency
Would be for you to sign and release me
If you ever loved me
Then will you do this one last thing?
Set me free, set me free
Oh, set me free
Set me free, let me be
Oh, set me free
Set Me Free was written by Ben Abraham & Jack Antonoff & Martie Maguire & Emily Strayer & Natalie Maines.
Set Me Free was produced by The Chicks & Jack Antonoff.
The Chicks released Set Me Free on Fri Jul 17 2020.