Pain for Freedom

That must be quite a hole you have to fill
The way you keep putting stuff in you
Trying to numb whatever won't leave
Confusing your pain for freedom

Can't really watch you anymore
Torn between wanting to hug you
And put you out of your misery
Confusing your pain for freedom

You spread yourself thin
You spread yourself wide
You think your on the edge
Confusing your pain for freedom

Those folks cheering you on
just gawkers on a highway
don't care how low you go
They don't know your pain from freedom

Think you're a jezebel, but you're really just a pity
Underneath that spunk and funk you let them dump on you
Beyond the booze and blow filling your veins
Confusing your pain for freedom

You spread yourself thin
You spread yourself wide
You say, `come on, take me on'
But you just don't know your pain from freedom

Want to pull you away
Before they find you in alley
Those guys you let inside
Will turn you out in a second

You say you've got the mouth
You say you're in control
But you've spread yourself around
And now you can't feel anymore

Couldn't surrender your pain for freedom
Won't have to worry about you anymore
Just didn't know your freedom was your pain
Your escape was your cell