Story Behind The Song
I wrote this for the National Hospice Foundation to be recorded soon as a a granted wish for me, and a theme song for their website and fund raising...and as encouragement
for myself and everyone who is
suffering for any reason.
Song Description
A man contemplates his future in the afterlife as his
focus shifts from FREEDOM FROM - FREEDOM TO...in a song that starts off small and builds to big...an Anthem about spiritual freedom
| Song Length |
6:00 |
Genre |
Pop - Standards, Pop - Classic |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Serene, Poignant |
Subject |
Spirituality, Spirituality |
| Similar Artists |
Michael Buble, Stevie Wonder |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
When I Am Free
When I am free
I'll no longer be weighed down with problems
All my doubts and indecision
Will be left behind
No more hurt or pain
Will I entertain
Nothing more will bother me
When I am
Free
When I am free
I'll no longer need to ask permission
All my thoughts and intuitions
Will be clear and right
I will understand
Who I really am
And begin to bathe in light
When I'mmm
Free
Finally,
Almost time to let go
Just when I don't know
Nor should I
It will be
A release of some size
A familiar surprise
Awaits me
When my body and mind
Are both left behind
Once again I'll arise
And see
Friends on white opal sands
Extending their hands
Singing songs with my family
A harmonious welcome
Awaits by the sea
When I am free
When I am free
I will loosen up my grip and let go
Sigh goodbye to frets and ego
To become renewed
All that will remain
Besides my name
Is the love I'll still carry with me
When I am
Free
.
When I am free
There is no such thing as foreign language
No more need for war and anguish
All that falls away
Every misery
Gives into gravity
As I blend with wind and the day
When -
Finally
It's my turn to return
Oh how I burn
To get there
Gracefully
Like a Phoenix I'll rise
See without eyes
Old embers
Up from ashes of me
Until I am free
To begin to be
Infinitely
With my wings open wide
I lift up and glide
And then soar into
Forever more
All the love I'm aware of
Becomes part of me
When I am free
When I am free
I'll return to a home I've longed for since birth
God's reward for living on Earth
Where no one grows old
Though I can't explain
I could make the rain
Turn to lacy white flakes when it's cold
Or place rainbows
When I am free
We will gather round and tell our stories
While we open Morning Glories
Singing hymns of praise
Lighting Fireflies
Helping paint the skies
Doing chores like this eternally
When I am
Free -
Free
Free
Free
Free
© 2012 David Brunoehler
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