Name: I Just Want To Be Free
Duration: 3 min 41 s
Channel: Jon Shinaberry
Description: "I Just Want To Be Free" is a song by Shinaberry. This song deals with self-injury and gives hope.

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This song deals with self-injury and gives hope.

music god life issues selfinjury

Shinaberry

Real lyrics for real people caught in life's situations.

We wanted to write songs that would touch people and that Mary enjoyed singing. Dad wrote all the songs, and various friends and family musicians helped on the recordings. These are the final mixes!!

Song Info

Genre

Alternative • Alternative General

Charts

#16,763 today Peak #73

#5,357 in subgenre Peak #32

Author

Jon Shinaberry

Rights

2005

Uploaded

July 18, 2006

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.4 MB • 128 kbps • 3:41

Story behind the song

I have had many students dealing with this issue.

Lyrics

I Just Want To Be Free
 Copyright 2005 By Jon Shinaberry
Intro

Verse 1

I  remember when I hurt myself that day.  The pain I held inside came flowing down like
tears I've cried as I tried to wash the shame away. 
 
Chorus

I just want to be free.  Can You hear me, can You help me break these chains that are
covering me.  I don't want to keep on suffering.  Oh, I just want to be free. 
 
Verse 2

The things they did to me made it harder to survive.  And the weight of all our sins is a 
story writ-ten on my skin from a battle just to feel alive.
 
Chorus

I just want to be free. Can You hear me, can You help me break these chains that are
covering me.  I don't want to keep on suffering.  No, I just want to be free.  Yeah, I just
want to be free.
  
Bridge

And the scars that were on the inside were worse than the ones you could see.  And I 
don't know how many tears I cried.  Nothing could take this misery 'til You came and
You touched me.  You brought me on my journey.  And though it's not nearly over, I'm
on my way to being free.  I'm on my way.  

Chorus

I'm so glad to be free.  Somebody heard me, Someone helped me break those chains that
were covering me.  I didn't want to keep on suffering.  Oh, I'm so glad to be free.  Yeah,
I'm just glad to be free. Oh, I'm just glad to be free.