Symbol of Peace [Rock]

I once was free, a beautiful bird

soaring through time and space

now I won't be but a thoughtless tree

chop me down and watch me turn to ash

I once was free as a careless bird, wings attached yet falling free

where's the light to hide my plight

breaking the bounds, what's left undone

careless and free, where's my escape, is there no escape

the only mistake I can't retake

well you can't retake the trials of life

think so clear before you're here, yeah it's near, oh so clear

you can't unwind the mistakes and fakes

this is the final test that you'll take

release the pain, set yourself free

your wings must be earned, then you'll be free

I am a bird, my wings, they were earned

now I've lost my wings, no longer so free

no longer a bird, I've lost my escape

follow your heart and do what is right

you won't be like me, forever be free