When I Feel Most Free - By Ben Grosscup.mp3

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BEN GROSSCUP performs songs of struggle and social critique -- taking on issues like student debt, ecological breakdown, and economic injustice. His songs contain a moral clarity about the need for social change and they nurture the longing in each of us for a freer society. His powerful voice and thumping guitar are the foundation for lyrics that make no apology for having a position on contemporary events. Based in Amherst, MA, Ben is an activist involved in organizing for immigrant rights, ecological justice, and resisting military violence. He serves on the Steering Committee of People’s Music Network. e-mail: stokingthefires (at) riseup (dot) net Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcclaj304spiIAO_q2WmXeA?feature=watch

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

Peak #62

Peak in subgenre #4

Uploaded

July 08, 2013

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MP3

MP3 4.2 MB • 160 kbps • 3:41

Story behind the song

This song was inspired by many previous blizzards, and a note I received from a friend during Winter Storm Nemo (2013) where she mentioned how happy she was to be snuggled in at home and unable to go anywhere else. It got me thinking that maybe the "freedom" we enjoy from being simply  unconstrained really is no freedom at all.

Lyrics

When the blizzard comes is when I feel most free
There’s nowhere else I can go to, so all my time belongs to me
There’s no noise coming from the roadway, just the roaring of the wind
Where did this freedom come from, and how much longer ‘fore it ends?

Here comes the snow fall
Here comes the great big snow fall
When it melts away will I recall 
How I felt in the great snow fall

The snow drifts have settled and buried all the streets
The tracks of cars are outnumbered by the tracks from people’s feet
As my neighbors greet me, I don’t worry where I have to be
Stranded here with all of you, I let go, and I feel free

As the storm lays down its icy crystal sheet
Throughout town the power lines buckle, and there goes the light and heat
I never asked for my neighbors’ help before the big storm came
But something feels so different now, like it may never feel the same

Listen to the news, they want the cars out of the way 
Because crews are fast at work, plowing the blizzard off the freeway”
Now I can surely sympathize if you got somewhere to go
But I don’t want to lose the freedom I found while stranded in the snow 

So bring in the snow fall
Bring in the great big snow fall
When it melts away will I recall
How we felt in the great snow fall

Yes, bring in the snow fall
Bring in the great big snow fall
When it melts I hope we’ll all recall 
How we felt in the great snow fall

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