Escaping fame and fortune across the globe No home or dreams, she was only eighteen Stuck like glue to the streets to roam Deprived of life as the leaves of the evergreen Of the evergreen So take your bit of light, and explore your bitter side You'll be surprised that what you find Let's free your mind Let's free your mind So every now and then, a girl will take your hand And so a journey starts, leaving footsteps in our hearts Leaving footsteps in our hearts Escaping fame and fortune across the globe No home or dreams, she was only eighteen Stuck like glue to the streets to roam Deprived of life as the leaves of the evergreen Of the evergreen
They say life's just a simple quest for riches, oh With a funny way of settling just the way it should Shackles and rusty chains, I will never be tied down I'm proudly free - And I control my destiny So be the vicar, be the captain of your future Watch as boundaries begin to crumble into melodies We are the saints, we are the authors of this very age We bring down governments, and send ministries to their graves We are past futurists, we rule the world so gracefully Writing our music silently, we replicate the imagin'ry Call me what you want, judge it any way you bloody please 'Cause you can't take this moment away from me