Free to Be
Embracing Freedom: Unveiling the Profound Message in Bruce Cockburn's 'Free to Be'
Lyrics
Got no social graces
Expressing a lack of conventional social skills or manners.
Never know my place
Feeling out of place or not fitting into societal norms.
One thing I am sure of
Asserting confidence in a particular belief or statement.
You can't judge a man by his race
Rejecting the idea of judging someone based on their race.
Birth don't come easy
Highlighting the challenges of the birth process.
Freedom doesn't come cheap
Suggesting that freedom has a cost and is not easily obtained.
Rules and worlds get swept away
Indicating the transient nature of rules and societies.
While you waste your time in sleep
Encouraging the listener to use their time wisely instead of wasting it.
Grow up you
Encouragement to mature and develop.
Grow up me
Suggesting personal growth for both the speaker and the listener.
Grown together
Emphasizing a shared journey of maturation.
Free to be
Expressing the idea of being liberated to be oneself.
There's music in the forest
Highlighting the natural beauty and harmony in the world.
Children laugh in the school yard
Depicting the innocence and joy of children playing.
On the skid row of the spirit
Referring to a spiritual decline or moral degradation.
Hear the ranting of the Western Guard
Noting the extreme views or opinions of a particular group (Western Guard).
Why don't you cool out
Advising someone to calm down or relax.
Can it be so hard
Questioning the difficulty of self-love without comparison to others.
To love yourself without thinking
Encouraging self-love without feeling inferior to others.
Someone else holds a lower card
Suggesting that one's worth is not determined by external factors.
Grow up you
Reiteration of the call for personal growth.
Grow up me
Reiteration of the idea of shared growth.
Grown together
Emphasizing the unity in personal development.
Free to be
Reiterating the theme of being free to be oneself.
Wired to the switchboard
Describing a constant state of connectivity or engagement.
Always on the move
Being consistently active or busy.
Things we love to cling to
Referring to attachments or relationships that are emotionally significant.
But there's nothing we can prove
Acknowledging the lack of concrete evidence for certain beliefs or attachments.
You can only deal with
Emphasizing the importance of dealing with immediate realities.
What's before your face
Limiting one's focus to what is directly in front of them.
And the life you're given's no use at all
Highlighting the futility of life if consumed by hatred.
If you burn it up in hate
Advising against squandering one's life in negative emotions.
Grow up you
Repeating the call for personal growth and maturity.
Grow up me
Reiteration of the idea of mutual growth.
Grown together
Emphasizing the unity in personal and shared development.
Free to be
Reiterating the theme of being free to be oneself.
Grow up you
Repetition of the call for personal growth.
Grow up me
Reiteration of the idea of mutual growth.
Grown together
Emphasizing the unity in personal and shared development.
Free to be
Reiterating the theme of being free to be oneself.
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