Liberation
OutKast Cee-Lo Green Lyrics

She rested her head upon my chest
The singer's lover lays her head on his chest

Sensed liberation in between breaths
The singer's lover feels liberated and free while in his presence

Wonder if sex is what she found it in
The singer wonders if his lover only finds liberation through sex

Peace, found it laying down with men
The artist's lover has found peace in the arms of different men

Wasn't there to judge her, many ways I loved her
The artist loves his lover in many ways and doesn't judge her for her past

It was more than bodies we shared with each other
Their relationship was more than just a physical one

We laid under the cover of friends
Their relationship started out as a friendship

A place where many lovers began
Their friendship/relationship is where many other relationships started

I began, to feel her body shake in my hand
The artist begins to feel his lover's body shake in his hand

Body language, it's so hard trying to understand
The artist finds it hard to understand his lover's body language

Usually after sex, it's a good feel
After sex, it usually feels good

Took by silence, emotion stood still
Their silence after sex is eerie and the emotion between them is still

I could feel, her tears spill, from her grille
The singer can feel his lover's tears falling from her mouth

Hurt from before that began to build
His lover's hurt from her past has slowly been building up inside her

She told me hold me, a story she assembled it
His lover shares her story with him and asks him to hold her

Telling it, trying not to remember it
His lover tries not to remember her painful past while telling her story

It was a story of innocence taken
Her story is about how her father raped her when she was 8 years old

Thought she could redeem, through love making
She thought she could make up for her past through sex and love making

When she was eight she was raped by her father
His lover was raped by her father when she was 8 years old

And tried to escape through multiple sex partners
His lover tried to escape her pain by having sex with multiple partners

Felt pitiful, she had only learned,
His lover feels hopeless and pitiful. She only knows how to love physically because of her past

To love through the physical, inside it burned
She only knows how to love physically and it hurts her inside to love that way

My heart turned, I thought of what this man did
The singer's heart turns when thinking of what his lover's father did to her

She forgave him, she grew to understand it
His lover forgave her father and grew to understand him

Her soul was tired and never really rested
His lover's soul was tired and never found rest

Only with men through aggression
She only found peace with men through aggression

Said it was a blessing and it happened for a reason
She believes that her past happened for a reason and is a blessing in disguise

By speaking it, she found freedom
By sharing her story, his lover found freedom

Sometimes I wish a, careless whisper
The artist wishes to serenade his lover without speaking

Serenade her, without speaking a word
The singer wants to serenade his lover without using actual words

Because of you I'm stronger, I'm afraid no longer
His lover has made him stronger and less afraid

I feel so alive in me, you have liberated me
His lover has liberated him and made him feel alive

She laid, I watched her breathe
The artist watches his dying loved one breathe

Happy to be here, not afraid to leave
His loved one is happy to be alive but not afraid to die

I couldn't conceive her not being here
The singer can't imagine life without his loved one

Death in her face her not having fear
His loved one faces death without fear

Less than a year she was diagnosed with it
His loved one was diagnosed with a deadly disease less than a year ago

Memories of that year, so close and vivid
The memories of that year are still fresh in his mind

Happiness, would only visit, once in a while
Happiness was fleeting

To watch an adult, becoming a child
He watched his adult loved one turn into a child due to her illness

Somehow, I knew she'd make it
Despite her illness, the artist remains hopeful that his loved one will survive

The life of one so given early would God take it?
The singer ponders why a life so generous would be taken by God

Hurt she placed in, hope and prayer
His loved one placed her hurt and pain into hope and prayer

Hurt she placed in chemo and lost hair
She placed her hurt in chemotherapy and lost her hair

I stare with my eyes closed
The artist watches his loved one with his eyes closed, praying

Wonder when the body leave does the mind go
The artist wonders if the mind leaves the body when one passes away

Watching Jordan became less important
The singer's priorities shift from watching basketball to taking care of his loved one

Seeing this disease eat away my aunt's organs
He watches as his loved one's disease slowly eats away at her organs

According to doctors there's no cure
The doctors say there is no cure for his loved one's disease

We went through doubt, and cases of insure
The singer and his loved one went through moments of doubt and uncertainty

Wish I knew then how to heal with herbs
The singer wishes he knew how to heal his loved one with herbs

Knew a part of her I could heal with words
He knew that he could heal his loved one with his words

But the Creator was sending for her
God was taking his loved one's soul

What seemed like the end was the beginning for her
Although this seems like the end, it's just the beginning for his loved one

Like that, she didn't want us to remember her
His loved one doesn't want to be remembered in pain and suffering

No more medication did she want us to give to her
She didn't want any more medication

It spread from her liver to her lungs to her last breath
Her disease spread rapidly and she died with her last breath

Only to be freed through death
Her only freedom was through death

He spoke with his eyes, tear-filled
The singer's friend speaks with his eyes, filled with tears

A lump in his throat, his fear built
The artist's friend is scared and has a lump in his throat

My whole life it was in steel
The singer's friend had his whole life planned out and now it's changed

This ain't the way that men feel
The singer's friend feels confused about his sexuality and doesn't know how men are supposed to feel

A feeling, he said he wish he could kill
He wishes he could get rid of his feelings

A feeling, not even time could heal
His feelings won't go away with time

This is how real life's supposed to be?
The artist questions if this is what real life is like

For it to happen to someone close to me?
The singer is shocked that it's happening to someone close to him

So far we'd come, for him to tell me
The singer and his friend have come a long way and he's surprised he's just finding out now

As he did, insecurity held me
The artist feels insecure after his friend shares his secret

I felt like he failed me
The artist feels like his friend let him down

To the spirit, yelled help me
The artist yells for help from the spirit

I'd known him for like what seemed forever
The singer has known his friend for what seems like forever

About going pro we dreamed together
The two friends used to dream of going pro together

Never knew it would turn out like this
They never thought life would turn out like this

For so long he tried to fight this
His friend tried to fight his feelings for a long time

Now there was no way for him to ignore it
He can no longer ignore his feelings

His parents found out and hated him for it
His friend's parents found out about his sexuality and hate him for it

How could I judge him? Had to accept him if I truly loved him
The artist loves his friend and accepts him for who he is

No longer he said had he hated himself
His friend no longer hates himself for his sexuality

Through sexuality he liberated himself
His friend found liberation through accepting his sexuality

Liberation
Freedom

Peace
Tranquility