Taylor Swift Freedom Isn t Free Official Music Video

I was born in the glow of a borrowed light Chasing shadows down a hallway, painted white Mama whispered stories of the ones who fought For every breath we take, for every right we bought Scars on the land where the old flags wave Blood in the soil, the price that heroes paid I held my hand up, swore I'd never break But the mirror shows the cracks in what I gave They say the sky is ours, white and blue But nobody mentions what it cost you Freedom isn't free, no it never was It's midnight calls and broken doors Because you trade your sleep for the wars you choose Every I'm okay hides another bruise Oh, freedom isn't free It's the quiet tears when no one's watching me Carrying the weight of what we believe Freedom isn't free Loved a boy who traded truth for gold Watched him sell tomorrow for the lies he told We danced in basements where the sirens cried He said, stay hidden, baby, keep your head down wide But my heart kept screaming through the velvet night Some chains are velvet, some are made of light I walked away with nothing but my name And the echo of the price I had to pay They dress it up in fireworks and songs But underneath the hurting still goes on Freedom isn't free, no it never was It's empty beds and faded photographs You lose the ones who couldn't pay the cost Hold on, everything is lost Oh, freedom, it's the hollow ring when victory feels cheap Still I'll stand here bleeding at the knees Freedom isn't free I've seen the fields where the dreamers fell Heard the last breaths ringing like church bells Mothers clutching letters stained with ink and rain Fathers teaching sons how to carry the pain And still we rise With trembling hands we try to keep the flame alive The world gone dry, it hurts like hell But darling, look around Every small rebellion plants another seed in the ground Now the city lights are flickering low Kids on the corner asking where to go I write their names in invisible ink On the back of every promise that I think We could be better, we could be brave If we remember what the silence gave The ones who ran so we could walk these streets The ones who sang so we could find our beat Freedom isn't free But it's worth the fight through the longest tunnels Turn everyone into a shooting star Oh, freedom isn't free But I'll keep paying till my hands run clean For the girl I was, for the world we'll see Freedom isn't free Knowing that but I still believe In the moment Freedom isn't free But it could be Someday