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Crying to Be Free

from Here I Am by Ben Travis

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I wrote this song for a friend who seemed to really be struggling. She, like me, had a framework for life that supposedly held all the answers for her, but it just wasn't working out. She was consistently making choices that didn't really benefit her, and her life was becoming obstacle after obstacle. I realized after writing this that the song is probably applicable to most if not all of us. We all go through life in some sense crying out for more freedom. We feel trapped at times, we suffer, and we survive. But there's a part of us that wants to soar.

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Crying to Be Free
© 2000 Ben Travis

(verse 1)
Sometimes life is funny
Sometimes life is sad
Sometimes life can break your heart
or make you mad

Sometimes life is lonely
No one understands
Sometimes you look up to the sky
and wring your hands

Sometimes you are helpless
Sometimes you are strong
Sometimes you don't know right from left
or right from wrong

Sometimes you look in the mirror
You like what you see
But sometimes the person looking back at you
is crying to be free...
Crying to be free...
Crying to be free

(verse 2)
You used to like roller coasters
When you were a kid
But sometimes life makes you more queasy
than they ever did

Spinning 'round in circles
All day long today
You hear some preacher preachin'
about a better way

When did you arrive here?
It's not the life you planned
You always thought you'd end up
in the Promised Land

Yesterday you locked your heart up
Now you can't find the key
All the while something inside you
is crying to be free...
crying to be free...
crying to be free

Sometimes life is funny
Sometimes life is sad
Sometimes life can break your heart
or make you mad

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from Here I Am, released September 10, 2013

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Ben Travis Nashville, Tennessee

I’m a Nashville-based audio engineer and producer. I work primarily with singer/songwriters and bands with original music to help them create a musical product they can be proud of without paying the prices of major studios.

I'm also an independent artist and songwriter. My music invites listeners to think and ask meaningful questions about the world around them.
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