This boy I know, he has a heart of glass

It is gold inside but it has crystalized

It is beautiful, but in it's tragedy

It is hard to hold without shattering



He calls himself out nightly, softly over chords

Keeps coming back to it, his voice and echoed chorus

Till the sound's so thick it turns the sky to smoke

And of greyest days the predictions told



But this boy I know, he is pure of soul

He just gets lost sometimes in his chemicals

Under a coat of night, it's all so comforting

And that first breaking light becomes his enemy



He calls so late tonight it is four am

He is drunk and can't find his apartment

I don't like how if feels when I think of him

All hooded in black lost and stumbling



The days start to fade out of the frame

Like they're blurring into someones else's name

You try your hardest to rewind the tapes

But you're prepared everyday to make same mistakes



Step out of that life, it's nowhere near your time

Just remember you called it all bullshit

Well it is and if you stop giving into it

You can walk away, the freest man



This boy I know lives in a bell jar

It is balancing up on its pedestal

He tries not to upset the weight of conscience

Afraid it's so far to fall if no one catches him



But, I've been there too, and I swear to god

If I can help you please, you've got to tell me how

I know you've been away and it can break you down

And I don't want you gone



All the cracks you you see can be repaired

And if you start to fall, we will be there

Don't drown yourself in all your old regret

Because that heaviness will steal away your breath



Step out of that life, it's nowhere near your time

And don't forget that you called it all bullshit

It still is and if you stop giving into it

You will walk away, the freest man



Shake your head

Loosen your grip

Raise up your fist

You are the freest man

Open your mouth

Scream it out loud

Forget all the doubt

You are the freest man