Released From Prison Lyrics

Has the day finally come

Can it be

I have waited so very long

Am I free

Why did I stay this long? What

Was my crime

Can it be true my time is done

Is it time

Is it true the war's been won

At long last

Am I really where I belong

In the past

Thought it wouldn't be long, but

I got stuck

That pile of years weighed a ton

Just my luck

They've opened the gates

I walk out

I've cashed in my rebates

There's no doubt

Though I'm weary of

My sentence

In the end with her love

Did penance

Past these open doors

Lay my future dreams

Though they're always uncertain

Like my schemes

No more mopping floors

No more disrespect

Now they've lowered the curtain

Maybe I'll direct

Life got in the way

Like it often does

But it wasn't for nothing

Just because

Dreams were kept at bay

At least one came true

And she is my everything

Yet I never knew

I breathe and take in free air

Not a slave

All those years I dreamed to escape

Plato's cave

All those plans I ran through, what

Good were they

Because I never even dared

There they lay

You'd think that I never cared

But I did

Just go ahead and check the tape

Just a kid

Didn't know what to do, but

I survived

No point saying it was unfair

I'm alive

Entering the race

In my suit

All I got's a suitcase

Full of loot

Though it won't last long

I'll get by

Though money will ping-pong

I'll still try

Past these open doors

Lay my future dreams

Though they're always uncertain

Like my schemes

No more mopping floors

No more disrespect

Now they've lowered the curtain

Maybe I'll direct

Life got in the way

Like it often does

But it wasn't for nothing

Just because

Dreams were kept at bay

At least one came true

And she is my everything

Yet I never knew

Here comes the bus

Need exact change

I don't make a fuss

It was fair exchange

They wish me well

I say goodbye

Leave that prison-hell

Watch the lights go by

I'll have nightmares

I'm sure of that

But oh well, who cares?

I'll sit and grow fat

That's my reward

For all this pain

No more standing, bored

Fighting with the rain

So I'm cutting loose

And I'm dry

For all of the abuse

I won't cry

Fuck their callous hearts

I'll go on

And practice all the arts

Like this song

Past these open doors

Lay my future dreams

Though they're always uncertain

Like my schemes

No more mopping floors

No more disrespect

Now they've lowered the curtain

Maybe I'll direct

Life got in the way

Like it often does

But it wasn't for nothing

Just because

Dreams were kept at bay

At least one came true

And she is my everything

Yet I never knew