Sam Smith
To Be Free lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Pop, R&B
- Length
- 4:16
Pray your heart be lighter
Brave and free like mine
Floating like a feather
Hope waits down the line
To be free
Like the river dares to be
To be free
Wings of freedom, fly to me
Shake off all your burdens
Shame's no friend of mine
Lost my faith in perfect
We'll be home in time, oh
To be free, yeah
Like the river, oh, it dares to be, yeah
To be free
Wings of freedom, fly to me
Fly
Fly
Oh, oh, oh
Hey, oh
To be free
Like the river, oh, it dares to be
To be free
Wings of freedom, fly to me
May your heart be open
Let no one change your mind
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Key vocabulary
- brave
- showing courageB1
- dares
- challenges; acts of courageB2
- wings
- parts of a birdB1
- burdens
- heavy responsibilitiesC1
- faith
- strong beliefB2
- we'll
- we willA1
- one
- a single numberA1
- feather
- light covering on birdsB2
- hope
- want; expect betterA1
- let
- allowA1
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About this song
Sam Smith is a British singer in pop and soul, known for emotionally direct ballads and a high-velocity falsetto voice. They first broke through as a featured vocalist on dance hits before rising to global attention with In the Lonely Hour and later Grammy-winning releases including the Bond theme “Writing’s on the Wall” and Gloria.