Track: Freedom in the Dark

Penultimate crisis choice from the first book in my teen urban fantasy series.

Lyrics Copyright Justin Zimmer 2025. Music copyright who the hell knows? (Generated by SUNO.com).

Freedom in the Dark

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[intro]
(oh-ah-oh, oh-ah-oh)
I hear them calling
From that house whence none return
It’s all my fault
What’s left here for me now?
If I follow
I see freedom in the dark

[breakdown]
I have a choice
I can make it right
If I descend, 
I can see them all again.

[chorus]
I don’t know
what to do
don’t wanna be alone here now

I’ll go there
Won’t let them
dwell alone in darkness

All this pain
It won’t end
Is there freedom in the dark?

[interlude]
(oh-ah-oh, oh-ah-oh)
(I see freedom in the dark)

[bridge][call and response]
Go where there’s no pain (no joy)
Where there’s no despair (no hope)
No hate (no love)
They wait for me there 
(But Mama waits at home)

[bass drop]
(oh-ah-oh, oh-ah-oh)

[verse]
I see your face
it’s ashen and unclean
I’m not there,
Who’s left to hold you now?
If I leave
who’ll be the one to bury you?

[breakdown]
You give me so much, 
and ask for nothing
If I die here now
You’ll be the one to bury me

[chorus]
a casket
and church bells
all black suits and black dresses

Each stranger
Handing out 
insincere condolences

All your love
Forsaken 
For my freedom in the dark

[verse]
In my grief
I took your love for granted, 
but now I see
no matter how this hurts me
I can’t leave you 
alone in the winter of life

[breakdown]
Mama, I’m coming 
Home now, I’m running
away from the dark
I won’t let you bury me!

[chorus]
I’ll come home
stay with you
we can let the whole world burn

I don’t care
I want to 
Hold you til the end of days

Oh Mama
I’m coming
I see no freedom in the dark!

[break]

[outro]
(oh-ah-oh, oh-ah-oh)
Mama, I’m running home
I won’t let you worry
I won’t let you be alone
I won’t 
let you 
bury me
(I see no freedom in the dark.)