There was a man I met in school just before I dropped out I used to sneak him up my stairs, moving without a sound We kissed so late at night, our lips would wake up tired And walked through Amoeba, looking for [?] He used to say, "I hope you stay with me" But in the end I wanted to be free I met a man out at the bar, his head hanging over the wall He had a beautiful mind and skin that smelled like alcohol We stretched each other's limbs 'til we were crucified And every so often, laughed so hard we cried And for a while, I drowned under his sea But in the end I wanted to be free Ooh Yeah, there was a man whose head of hair was crazier than him And hands that could change the color, the color of my skin He gave me everything that comes from someone's love 'Til I knew myself there's water in his cup But in the end I wanted to be free Ooh It's sweet to come home to someone on the stairs It's nothing like feeling the wind in your hair It's nice to memorize freckles on a face It's nothing like knowing the view from a plane 'Cause in the end, ooh In the end, in the end I wanted to be free Free