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Florence + the Machine - Free Lyrics



Florence + the Machine - Free Lyrics
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Sometimes I wonder if I should be medicated
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If I would feel better just slightly sedated
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A feeling comes so fast and I cannot control it
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I'm on fire, but I'm trying not to show it
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As it picks me up, puts me down
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It picks me up, puts me down
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Picks me up, puts me down
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A hundred times a day
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It picks me up, puts me down
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It chews me up, spits me out
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Picks me up, puts me down
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I'm always running from something
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I push it back, but it keeps on coming
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And being clever never got me very far
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Because it's all in my head
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And "You're too sensitive", they said
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I said, "Okay, but let's discuss this at the hospital"
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As it picks me up, puts me down
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It picks me up, puts me down
+
Picks me up, puts me down
+
A hundred times a day
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It picks me up, puts me down
+
It chews me up, spits me out
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Picks me up, puts me down
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But I hear the music
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I feel the beat
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And for a moment
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When I'm dancing, I am free
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I hear the music
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I feel the beat (ahh)
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And for a moment
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When I'm dancing, I am free, I am free
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Ooh, ooh
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Is this how it is?
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Is this how it's always been?
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To exist in the face of suffering and death
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And somehow still keep singing
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Oh like Christ up on a cross
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Who died for us? Who died for what?
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Oh, don't you wanna call it off?
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But there's nothing else that I know how to do
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But to open up my arms and give it all to you
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'Cause I hear the music, I feel the beat
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And for a moment, when I'm dancing
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I am free, I am free
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I am free, I am free
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Sometimes I wonder if I should be medicated
+
If I would feel better just slightly sedated
+
A feeling comes so fast and I cannot control it
+
I'm on fire, but I'm trying not to show it
+
As it picks me up, puts me down
+
It picks me up, puts me down
+
Picks me up, puts me down
+
A hundred times a day
+
It picks me up, puts me down
+
It chews me up, spits me out
+
Picks me up, puts me down
+
I'm always running from something
+
I push it back, but it keeps on coming
+
And being clever never got me very far
+
Because it's all in my head
+
And "You're too sensitive", they said
+
I said, "Okay, but let's discuss this at the hospital"
+
As it picks me up, puts me down
+
It picks me up, puts me down
+
Picks me up, puts me down
+
A hundred times a day
+
It picks me up, puts me down
+
It chews me up, spits me out
+
Picks me up, puts me down
+
But I hear the music
+
I feel the beat
+
And for a moment
+
When I'm dancing, I am free
+
I hear the music
+
I feel the beat (ahh)
+
And for a moment
+
When I'm dancing, I am free, I am free
+
Ooh, ooh
+
Is this how it is?
+
Is this how it's always been?
+
To exist in the face of suffering and death
+
And somehow still keep singing
+
Oh like Christ up on a cross
+
Who died for us? Who died for what?
+
Oh, don't you wanna call it off?
+
But there's nothing else that I know how to do
+
But to open up my arms and give it all to you
+
'Cause I hear the music, I feel the beat
+
And for a moment, when I'm dancing
+
I am free, I am free
+
I am free, I am free
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Writer: Florence Welch, Jack Antonoff
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC





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"Free" is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine. It was released on 20 April 2022 as the fourth single from the band's fifth studio album, Dance Fever (2022) through the record label Polydor Records. "Free" was written and produced by Florence Welch and Jack Antonoff. "Free" is an urgent pop song that lyrically discusses the singer's problems with anxiety and traumas. She has said it was the last song she wrote before the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A music video for the song directed by American director Autumn de Wilde was filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine in November 2021 and was released on 20 April 2022. It stars British actor Bill Nighy who portrays the singer's anxiety and features the two next to each other portraying the emotions the song discusses. It received positive comments from critics who lauded the storyline.

During an interview with Apple Music, Welch described the process of conception of the song: "Ironically, 'Free' was actually the last song I wrote before the first lockdown[...] It's a song about my anxiety and how I process it and this feeling that it's just something that's been with me my whole life, and even as my life stabilizes ... when I'm playing or I'm making music or I'm in the flow of creativity [the anxiety] goes away, so it's kind of this push-and-pull throughout the song of the anxiety, and then taking it out of the way and dancing and feeling free." The song premiered on BBC Radio 1's Future Sounds on 21 April 2022.

"Free" is a pop song which contains an "urgent" sound that is primarily driven by synths-and-guitar. Music critic Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic musically described its sound as "Antonoff's band Bleachers taking on an early-aughts Bloc Party or Strokes number". Lyrically, the song describes a protagonist who is feeling "overwhelmed" by the outside world and describes Welch's experience of finding freedom in her music. It was musically compared to the band's earlier singles "Dog Days Are Over" (2008) and "Shake it Out" (2011).
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Performed by: Florence + the Machine
From Album: Dance Fever
Genre(s): Alternative, Alternative Rock
Language: English
Length: 3:55
Written by: Florence Welch, Jack Antonoff
Released: April 20th, 2022
Year: 2022
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