The fire started at 4 in the morning
Dawning on his daddy cigarette burning low
He's still hearing the sound
Trying to get out of the house that never felt like a home
You bring up the memories
He's still stuck at seventeen
And leaving work in the evening
To start drinking for a reason that he already knows

Said: I wanna be free, darling
Like I feel in my dreams
It's all that I see fallin'
When I can't go to sleep
Feels like I'm drowning in nostalgia
And I just wanna breathe
I wanna be free, darling
Like I feel in my dreams

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

He met her under the mountains of Montana
By the summer, they all went up in smoke
He said we're better together
But all these embers seem to follow me wherever I go
Dumb luck at 23
Don't change the history
He was watching the shimmer out on the river
Saying: Maybe this is my way home

Said: I wanna be free, darling
Like I feel in my dreams
It's all that I see fallin'
When I can't go to sleep
Feels like I'm drowning in nostalgia
And I just wanna breathe
I wanna be free, darling
Like I feel in my dreams

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Said: I wanna be free, darling
Like I feel in my dreams
It's all that I see fallin'
When I can't go to sleep
Feels like I'm drowning in nostalgia
And I just wanna breathe
I wanna be free, darling
Like I feel in my dreams

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh