How Long?

How long 'til I can free us? I'll give it everything How long 'til they can't take our lives away? How long 'til we can be ourselves? How long 'til we believe again? What's left to say? Have they suffered for nothing? Had a foot in the door - back-tracked, and it slammed in my face Had I listened with ears, had I felt with my hands Maybe I could have provided some type of substance In the lives of some sick men who can't even think They repeat information Memorized text lines like it was their vocation Who am I to criticise? Like water evaporates, I disappeared through the gate My life's work incinerates Obliterated what I stated, lest I be incarcerated How long 'til I can free us? I'll give it everything How long 'til they can't take our lives away? How long 'til we can be ourselves? How long 'til we believe again? Be my muse tonight... Be my muse tonight... Be my muse tonight... On the road to fixed, fixed, fixed, fixed, fixed! How long 'til I can free us? I'll give it everything How long 'til they can't take our lives away? How long 'til we can be ourselves? How long 'til we believe again?