she never knew the meaning of the word or ever heard or felt of freedom all she knew was looking out from windows streaked with her own tears and her own shadows within a cage tried to escape the silent rage cause no one ever listened behind her back she s both wings tied she will break free she will not be denied and so she she flies alone high into the great unknown and no one there to tell her where to go so she flies sweet butterfly counting every second minutes turn to hours seems like years the wait s eternal finally passed the point of all lost hope she will break free she will not be denied oh no and so she she flies alone high into the great unknown and no one there to tell her where to go so she flies like a butterfly oh within a cage tried to escape the silent rage but no one ever listened behind her back she s both wings tied she will break free she will not be denied  within a cage tried to escape the silent rage where no one ever listened behind her back she is both wings tied she will break free she will break free sweet butterfly