Set Me Free

I knocked down the walls I built and trampled them down in the dirt
I'd been constructing them for years to protect me from my fears
They looped around my mind and heart and kept me hidden in the dark
But I can't take it anymore, so I'm smashing them into the floor

I don't want to be a prisoner, set me free

Give me death or liberty, but I can't stay here where I can't breathe
The air is thick with guilt and shame, and I've run out of those to blame
Accusing fingers all point my way for keeping me locked away
I was so content with life as a blur; I was confused, but now I'm sure

I don't want to be a prisoner, set me free

The self-imposed hell I created was fortified and heavily gated
But the only guards were my own doubts, so I cried to them to let me out
The fulcrum was when I decided, to free myself instead of hiding
Resign the task of my own accuser, and blow away the prison door

I don't want to be a prisoner, set me free