Leaving

Sun comes up and life goes on its way

But inside these walls, they are taking yours away

And there in the dawn's calls, drifting out over it all

You are lying in the shadows â€~neath the window

And you are leaving

This long day is gonna test your heart again

And though you are just a boy, they will hurt you as a man

And they will come again to see, if they can steal your dignity

And leave you naked and bleeding in the doorway

But you are leaving

And what they just don't really see

Is that you are already free

And I know that you feel, that your time, it is not long

There is maybe just enough, for this one last song

So there in the cold night, you close your eyes and you take to flight

And you are singing in the darkness â€~neath the window

And you are leaving

Your words escaped, through the cracks in the wall

Just like birds they flew and they move above it all

So there in the cold night, you close your eyes and you take to flight

And you are hoping through the gaps in the steel

And you are leaving

And what they just don't really see

Is that you are already free

And what they just don't really see

Is that you are already free