Once upon a time, I was searchin’ for  Love that would break thru chains of mine  I was broken, hurt and abandoned,  By a life not quite what I had in mind    Then I fell down on my knees and  Prayed release me from this pain,  Take away these clouds and   let the sun shine down again  all at once I felt the ceasing of  the pouring rain  a blaze of light shot thru my soul and tore away my chains    (Chorus):  And now I’m free, I’m free at last,  Free to live the life I want forget about my past  Now I’m free, I’m free at last –   Free to hope, free to dream, free to love at last    But ever since my independence day I’ve been released  From things that used to hold me back from finding perfect  Peace,  Walls I’d built around my life have crumbled around me  My old life has passed away I’m keeping it deceased    Repeat chorus