Sun comes up and life goes on its way   But inside these walls, they are taking yours away   And there in the dawn's calls, drifting out over it all   You are lying in the shadows ?neath the window   And you are leaving      This long day is gonna test your heart again   And though you are just a boy, they will hurt you as a man   And they will come again to see, if they can steal your dignity   And leave you naked and bleeding in the doorway   But you are leaving      And what they just don't really see   Is that you are already free      And I know that you feel, that your time, it is not long   There is maybe just enough, for this one last song   So there in the cold night, you close your eyes and you take to flight   And you are singing in the darkness ?neath the window   And you are leaving      Your words escaped, through the cracks in the wall   Just like birds they flew and they move above it all   So there in the cold night, you close your eyes and you take to flight   And you are hoping through the gaps in the steel   And you are leaving      And what they just don't really see   Is that you are already free   And what they just don't really see   Is that you are already free