Cutting the Strings - The Incredible String Band

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