Let's goEverybody needs to start their own fire
Everybody needs a riot of their own
Everybody needs to be something that they are not
Everybody needs to go it aloneBecause living so free is a tragedy
When you can't be what you wanna be
Living so free is a tragedy
When you can't see what you need to see, okayAnd all the time spent hanging on to anything
And all the time spent knowing that they're wrong
And all the time wasted, stolen back, innocent
You won't get a second more so move it alongBecause living so free is a tragedy
When you can't be what you wanna be
Living so free is a tragedy
When you can't see what you need to seeLiving so free is a tragedy
When you can't be what you wanna be
Living so free is a tragedy
When you can't see what you need to seeWishing and hoping and thinking it's you
Who's got this all under control
Never a minute has passed you all by
When they haven't invaded your soulIt's not something you can hold
It's not something you own
It's not something you can buy or steal
You've got it when you're aloneBeing free is a tragedy
When you don't know yourself
Being free is a tragedy
When you don't know who you areLiving so free is a tragedy
When you can't be what you wanna be
Living so free is a tragedy
When you can't see what you need to seeLiving so free is a tragedy
When you can't be what you wanna be
Living so free is a tragedy
When you can't see what you need to see, let's goHey, hey, hey, alright then
This is the story of young life man{And in other places around the world
It's growing clear that the Americans are trigger happy}