Free, free, set them free
If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same
If you wanna keep something precious
Gotta lock it up and throw away the key
Don't wanna hold on to your possession
Don't even think about me
If you love somebody, if you love someone
Set them free, set them free
If it's a mirror you want, look into my eyes
Or a weapon, boy, someone to despise
Or a prisoner in the dark
Tied up and tamed, you just can't see
Or a beast in a gilded cage
I thought some people ever wanted me
If you love somebody, if you love someone
Set them free, set them free
You can't control an independent heart
Can't tell the woman you love, my boy
Forever conditioned to believe that we can live
We can live here and be happy with less
So many riches, so many souls
Everything we see that we want to possess
If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same
If you wanna keep something precious
Gotta lock it up and throw away the key
Don't wanna hold on to your possession
Don't even think about me
If you love somebody, if you love someone
Set them free, set them free
Set them free, set them free