"Free" - by Steven Curtis Chapman

The sun was beating down inside
The walls of stone and razor wire
As we made our way across the prison yard

I felt my heart begin to race
As we drew nearer to the place
Where they say that death is waiting in the dark

The slamming doors of iron echoed through the halls
Where despair holds life within its cruel claws

But then I met a man who's face
Seemed so strangely out of place
A blinding light of hope was shining in his eyes
And with repentance in his voice
He told me of his tragic choice
That led him to this place where he must pay the price

But then his voice grew strong as he began to tell
About the One he said had rescued him from hell, he said...

Chorus:
I'm free, yeah
Oh, I have been forgiven
God's love has taken off my chains and given me these wings
And I'm free, yeah, yeah
And the freedom I've been given
Is something that not even death can take away from me
Because I'm free
Jesus set me free

We said a prayed and said goodbye
And tears began to fill my eyes
As I stepped back out into the blinding sun

And even as I drove away
I found that I could not escape
The way he spoke of what the grace of God had done

I thought about how sin had sentenced us to die
And how God gave His only Son so you and I could say...

* Repeat Chorus *

Bridge:
And if the Son has set you free
Oh, if the Son has set you free
Then you are free indeed
Oh, You are really free
If the Son has set you free
Oh, if the Son has set you free
Then you are free, really, really free

Chorus:
Oh, we're free, yeah
Oh, we have been forgiven
God's grace has broken every chain and given us these wings
And we're free, yeah, yeah
And the freedom we've been given
Is something that not even death can take from you and me
Because we're free, yeah

The freedom we've been given
Is something that not even death can take from you and me
Because we're free

Oh, we're free
We are free
We are free
The Son has set us free