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Sung by the character Will Scarlet, from my musical, Robin Hood. Will Scarlet is a fallen aristocrat who had always opted for cynical humor over responsibility or loyalty, preferring to embody the self-centered free spirit aspect of Freedom For All (as opposed to Robin's more altruistic and intensely loyal definition of Liberty). But then he falls in love with Dianah, the one true freedom fighter (and sole woman) among the Merrie Men, and has a change of heart, becoming the person who eventually leads the Lords to confront the King and establish the Magna Carta.
Additional tracks from Robin Hood:
Sweet Liberty with Jessica Flood
Here, For A Moment with Emily Rohm
Artwork is a detail of Eric Green's Requiescat.
Additional tracks from Robin Hood:
Sweet Liberty with Jessica Flood
Here, For A Moment with Emily Rohm
Artwork is a detail of Eric Green's Requiescat.
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Lyrics
WALLS
I was once a ‘respectable’ man,
Owning gold, owning souls, owning land;
An existence so parceled and planned.
I hadn’t a clue of what freedom meant.
The power that I held bought its own consent.
The wealth that I owned, it really owned me,
Demanded my soul…I had to break free.
So I cast off all petty pretense.
Turned my back on my inheritance.
To be true, I’ve not stopped running since.
I’ve run from my life. I’ve run from the strain.
I’ve run into walls I could not rename.
I’ve raised up my fist. I’ve cried to the sky.
No sound echoed back. No words in reply.
There are walls built around all our lives.
Walls that guard, walls that save, walls that hide.
Then someone startles you out of the shadows.
And as you’re standing there, gently, your hand opens.
No walls can save you now. Freedom has found you.
No walls can hold it back. Where will you go?
I have lived many lives. I’ve seen too much pain.
Too much sacrifice. Too little regained.
I’d stopped asking why. I’d given up hope.
I never thought I’d find dreams I could hold.
Where, without walls, where will I go?
I’ve run from my life. I’ve run from the strain.
I’ve run into walls I could not rename.
I’d stopped asking why. I’d given up hope.
I never thought I’d find dreams I could hold.
Like the walls, like the walls, I am broken.
Like a child, like a child, I begin.
I’ve lived many lives. Done just as I wished.
I’ve found many lies. It’s truth I’ve dismissed.
Now walls that I’ve built have all fallen in.
Do I have the strength to start in again?
©1991 Tobin James Mueller
I was once a ‘respectable’ man,
Owning gold, owning souls, owning land;
An existence so parceled and planned.
I hadn’t a clue of what freedom meant.
The power that I held bought its own consent.
The wealth that I owned, it really owned me,
Demanded my soul…I had to break free.
So I cast off all petty pretense.
Turned my back on my inheritance.
To be true, I’ve not stopped running since.
I’ve run from my life. I’ve run from the strain.
I’ve run into walls I could not rename.
I’ve raised up my fist. I’ve cried to the sky.
No sound echoed back. No words in reply.
There are walls built around all our lives.
Walls that guard, walls that save, walls that hide.
Then someone startles you out of the shadows.
And as you’re standing there, gently, your hand opens.
No walls can save you now. Freedom has found you.
No walls can hold it back. Where will you go?
I have lived many lives. I’ve seen too much pain.
Too much sacrifice. Too little regained.
I’d stopped asking why. I’d given up hope.
I never thought I’d find dreams I could hold.
Where, without walls, where will I go?
I’ve run from my life. I’ve run from the strain.
I’ve run into walls I could not rename.
I’d stopped asking why. I’d given up hope.
I never thought I’d find dreams I could hold.
Like the walls, like the walls, I am broken.
Like a child, like a child, I begin.
I’ve lived many lives. Done just as I wished.
I’ve found many lies. It’s truth I’ve dismissed.
Now walls that I’ve built have all fallen in.
Do I have the strength to start in again?
©1991 Tobin James Mueller
Feter
Passionate singing ...the lyrics so awesome !
the arrangment is super ...thank you or sharing
this I ll check the rest seems all connected !!