I can buy you freedom

The breezes up here are strong and cool
this particular time of the year,
my hair is tossed back
in a fit of glorious
rebellion.

I've never seen a view
like this before,
maybe because it's my
last sight,
maybe because I 
finally see.

The world has been
rented by oppression
and run by thieves,
God knows
they stole my...
innocence.

I'm trying to make
this as easy as possible,
you know recording
myself on the way
d o w n.

You don't believe that,
but I'm saying that
you're hearing me
in complete control
of my actions.

My decision was easy,
just make it look
like an accident,
that's why I took that job
as a crane operator,
hoping one day
the step would be too slick
to keep a foothold.

Please stop crying,
I can feel your sadness
a l r e a d y,
I wasn't the best thing
for you anyway.
Now you won't have to
worry about rent,
or baby food,
or the ten million
other things
our money couldn't
b u y.

You don't have to worry
about who will look over
our daughter,
I'll be on her shoulder.
Do you really want to tell
her what happened to Daddy?
Just say that I'm her fairy
god-father, it's not untrue
not completely anyway.

everything is so small
up here in the clouds,
and it's time to get
reconnected,
I love you.

No goodbye cruel world,
no adios to the angry people,
just I love you,
because you know it's the
t r u t h.

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