Freedom
Description:
This is a song that Tegan Quin wrote and that appeared first on the album Under Feet Like Ours and then later on the album This Business of Art. Tegan sings the lead vocals and Sara sings the background vocals.
Lyrics:
Under Feet Like Ours version:
Shoulders of perfection
Let them drag you straight across
And tell me have we, have we found perfection?
Are we finally lost?
And I'm staring from a distance
Won’t you come get a closer look?
I can guarantee that lickin’ the package ain’t ever quite as good
So they’re looking for a new face with a voice to go along
I can tell you right now that ain’t my style
I don’t do no sing alongs with my freedom
From the mighty sky to the ground said
You’ve got the freedom to walk out if they drag you down
They drag you down
Standin’ on the edge of a crisis
We decide to raise our own voices
Consider that the sound is our own
And the fact that our feet grow up from the ground and
This is where I wanna be, this is who I wanna be
So they get your voice but they can
They can never get your soul, yes
There’s a million things about me you will never know
Like they caught me on video
Then they caught me on radio
Yeah they caught me on video, radio, stereo
With my freedom
From the mighty sky to the ground said
You’ve got the freedom to walk out if they drag you down
You’ve got the freedom
From the mighty sky to the ground said
You’ve got the freedom, walk out if they drag you down
Freedom, from the sky to the ground
You’ve got the freedom to walk out, walk out
Walk out, you walk out
They drag you, they drag you, they drag you
I walk out
This Business of Art version:
Shoulders of perfection
Let them drag you straight across
And tell me have we, have we found perfection?
Are we finally lost?
And I’m staring from a distance
Won’t you come get a closer look?
I can guarantee that lickin’ the package ain’t ever quite as good as
So they’re looking for a new face with a voice to go along
I can tell you right now that ain’t my style
I don’t do no sing-alongs with my freedom
From the mighty sky to the ground said
You’ve got the freedom, baby
Walk out if they drag you down
They drag you down
Standin’ on the edge of a crisis
We decide to raise our own voices
Consider that the sound is our own
And the fact our feet grow up from the ground and
This is where I wanna be
This is who I wanna be
So they get my voice but they can
They can never get my soul, yes
There’s a million things about me you will never know
Like they caught me on video
And yeah they caught me on radio
Yeah they caught me on video, radio, stereo
Freedom, yeah
From the mighty sky to the ground said
You’ve got the freedom, baby
Walk out if they drag you down
Freedom, they drag you, they drag you, they drag you
We’re standing on the edge of a crisis
We decide to raise our own voices
Consider that the sound is our own
And the fact our feet grow up from the ground and
This is where I wanna be
This is who I wanna be
So they get my voice but they can
They can never get my soul, yes
There’s a million things about me you will never know
Like they caught me on video
And yeah they caught me on radio
Yeah they caught me on video, radio, stereo
Freedom, yeah
From the mighty sky to the ground said
You’ve got the freedom, walk out if they drag you
They drag you, they drag you, they drag you
You walk out
Live Performances:
October 7, 1999
March 18, 2000
September 3, 2000
September 14, 2000 (Video, Audio)
October 21, 2000 (Audio)
October 22, 2000 (Audio)
October 23, 2000
October 24, 2000 (Audio)
January 16, 2001
January 23, 2001 (Audio)
January 27, 2001
January 29, 2001
January 30, 2001
March 8, 2001
March 9, 2001
April 25, 2001 (Audio)
May 22, 2001
July 11, 2001 (Audio)
July 14, 2001 (Audio)
July 26, 2001 (Audio)
July 29, 2001
August 14, 2001
August 17, 2001 (Audio)
August 25, 2001
August 26, 2001
Credits:
UFLO version:
Sara and Tegan: Guitar
Aaron Burke: Drums
Marc Tremblay: Bass