There now, they've all gone   almost as if they never had been   I turn my eyes backwards and I gaze into my own gaze   I turn my eyes inwards and I gaze into my own face      I built my prison stone by stone   how many useless knots I tied   I dug the pitfalls in my path   how many useless tears I cried   here to build in worlds of beauty   no-one made a joy a duty   no-one, no-one but me      I saw the birds that flew so free   I envied them their grace divine   I saw the dancer's airy steps   theirs was a different world than mine   here to build in worlds of glory   no-one made my sad sad story   no-one, no-one but me      when useless walls come tumbling down   sparrows will sing on the fallen stones   Adam will pull the knife from his brow   Eve will lick the salt from his wounds   free to make my own tomorrow   free to free my heart from sorrow   free to hear and smell and see   free to be me, free to be free