Cutting The Strings Lyrics - U - Incredible String Band

There now, they've all gone 

Almost as if they never had been 

I turn my eyes backwards 

I gaze into my own gaze 

I turn my eyes inwards 

I gaze into my own face 

I built my prison stone by stone 

(I built my prison stone by stone) 

How many useless knots I tied 

(How many useless knots I tied) 

I dug the footfalls in my path 

(I dug the footfalls in my path) 

How many useless tears I cried 

(How many useless tears I cried) 

Here to build in worlds of beauty 

No one made a joy a duty 

No one, no one but me 

I saw the birds that flew so free 

(I saw the birds that flew so free) 

I envied them their grace divine 

(I envied them their grace divine) 

I saw the dancer's airy steps 

(I saw the dancer's airy steps) 

Theirs was a different world than mine 

(Theirs was a different world than mine) 

Here to build in worlds of glory 

No one made my sad, sad story 

No one, no one but me 

When useless walls come tumbling down 

Sparrows will sing on the fallen stones 

Adam will pull the knife from his brow 

Eve will lick the salt from his wounds 

Free to make my own tomorrow 

Free to free my heart from sorrow 

Free to hear and smell and see 

Free to be me, free to be free