If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same

If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession

Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, set them free


If it's a mirror you want, just look into my eyes
Or a whipping boy, someone to despise

Or a prisoner in the dark
Tied up in chains you just can't see
Or a beast in a gilded cage

That's all some people ever want to be

If you love somebody, set them free


You can't control an independent heart
Can't tear the one you love apart

Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live
We can't live here and be happy with less
So many riches, so many souls

Everything we see we want to possess

If you need somebody, call my name

If you want someone, you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key

If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me


If you love somebody, set them free