You Can Still Be Free
| Straight from Savage Garden... |
"This is musically extravagant and is meant to take you on a bit of a journey. It kind of immortalises two people that died: a really close friend's father and an experience that Daniel had. Everybody's life deserves to be remembered in some way and I thought this was an amazing way to remember the beauty of someone's life, in a song. Steve Smith from Journey played drums on this, and he gave an amazing performance." -Darren Hayes "This song is about two people very close to us that died. One was the father of a very dear friend and the other was my next door neighbor when I was 12. He shot himself in our backyard. Afterwards, this bird used to appear in a tree outside our house and just sit there, and I made up this story about how the bird was hovering over our place to ask for forgiveness. After the first album did well, I bought a house five minutes from where my Mum and Dad lived, and I looked out the window and there was this same kind of bird again, which I've never seen anyplace else. That's why the song talks about spreading your wings and taking flight." -Daniel Jones |
| The 411 |
Track #10 of Affirmation Not released as a single |
| Media |
Music: Chords::Tabulature::Bass Tabs::Sheet Music Audio: RealAudio::Midi |
| Say WHAT? | This song is the only one on Affirmation which was originally recorded as a demo before chosing songs for Savage Garden. The original version was titled and copywrited as "Free." Upon recording Affirmation, the guys decided to include it and updated the sound a little bit. |
| Avoid Those Embarrassing Misheard Lyric Moments |
cool breeze and autumn leaves / slow motion daylight / a lone pair of watchful eyes / oversee the living / feel the presence all around / a tortured soul / a wound unhealing / no regrets or promises / the past is gone / but you can still be free / if time will set you free time now to spread your wings / to take to flight / the life endeavor / aim for the burning sun / you're trapped inside / but you can still be free / if time will set you free / but it's a long long way to go keep moving way up high / you see the light / it shines forever / sail through the crimson skies / the purest light / the light that sets you free / if time will set you free sail through the wind and rain tonight / you're free to fly tonight / and you can still be free / if time will set you free and going higher than mountain tops / and go high the wind don't stop / and go high / free to fly to tonight / free to fly tonight |
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