Dreams Freedom Can Buy

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

We are only measured by what we have done
Not by what we have overcome
The projection of value
Is not the true sum
Perseverance is for the weak
No inheritance for the meek
Let a rock cry for you
Let the ocean wave
If you listen
Hear the tears
Don’t wipe them away
Let them flow
You asked for rain
Don’t ask me how far I may fall
Don’t ask me to stand tall
Covered in fear
Tell me to dream
Tell me to lie
I have dreams
Only freedom can buy

Get On, never get off
Never move on
For if you run Sun
Run

Don’t look back
Don’t tire yet
Don’t drink the sea
Don’t bend the knee

Run
For those dreams
Only Freedom
Can buy

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