Stranglers, The - Freedom Is Insane Lyrics






Early morning my eyes gaze across the sea
No one has ever walk here except you and me
I didn't want to tell you about the other times
I didn't want you to leave across the sea

The sound of waves trades my days as someone else
I look so calm but then again I've been so far
Once I spied a wisp of smoke on the horizon
But I didn't think to let you know

'Cause here freedom is insane
Freedom is insane

Here we are so very far from all the rest
It seems the wind only knows you name
Once upon a time I found a footprint in the sand
But I rubbed it out before you came

Here freedom is insane
Freedom is insane

I came here in my hoopla car everywhere it works the same
I thought they'd treat me like a rock and roll star
I better find someone to blame
I better find someone to blame

We came here we had little choice but now it's not the same
We only have each other but I never staked my claim
It seems absurd to want to go out into the great unknown
But that's exactly the place from where we came

Early morning my eyes gaze across the sea
No one has ever walk here except you and me
I didn't want to tell you about the other times
I didn't want you to leave across the sea





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  1. P.... C....

    Great band fknin brilliant album and when you are a stranglers fan a wee bit or a big bit of you will always be a Hugh Cornwell fan he was in the stranglers for a long time.

  2. s.... ....

    moments of comfortably numb in here? (but don't flame me!)

  3. T.... M....

    Love Old stranglers, remember the whole town (N Ont, Canada in 70’s) piled in their vehicles bound for the “big shitty, “Toronto to see one of the best bands of the day,,,,love the new stranglers, when will tour Toronto again?

  4. C.... F....

    Norfolk Coast, Suite XVI and Giants are return to top form after definite decline in 83. Feline was last big orginal stranglers album for me.

  5. H.... .....

    Return to form for the lads... Freedom is insane... what a track !

  6. s.... l....

    Excellent album, comme tous les autres. Norfak coast reste à mes yeux, le meilleurs.

  7. M.... ....

    I quite like The Stranglers.

  8. j.... s....

    Good haunting song. Like JJ's nihilistic musings especially the great unknown line. Very deep.

  9. M.... S....

    Insane comments. What were you people listening to. This is great.

  10. A.... H....

    Hugh was great n all, but for me, take Greenfield off the keys or Burnel off bass and you lose more of the unique stranglers sound. This album and especially suite XVI are great

  11. A.... H....

    Hugh was great n all, but for me, take Greenfield off the keys or Burnel off bass and you lose more of the unique stranglers sound. This album and especially suite XVI are great

    A.... H....

    @Alistair Houston I tried learning some the stranglers songs on guitar but you cannot recognise them, when you get them on bass or keyboard you instantly know them :)

    A.... H....

    @sam odysseus Yip. I play golden brown but you wouldn't know it until I sing the lyrics. Greenfield makes this song

  12. l.... m....

    BEST TRACK ON GIANTS BY A MILE

  13. l.... m....

    MASTERCLASS IN MUSIC

  14. S.... D....

    Nice sound, but the whole album is missing Hugh,
    How simple this is to get a good album and know whats missing, Hugh :)

    S.... D....

    Try not to compare them to themselves decades ago, compare them to other bands and you see they're still a mile ahead, appreciate them for what they are. Anyway this album is better than 10 and that was with Hugh.

  15. r.... ....

    Best track from the album imho.

  16. l.... m....

    lee1974 themeninblack are part of my life when am no longer on this earth a photo of the band are going in my coffin so i can listen to them with my maker and heaven will be rocking to sewer.toiler.raven.sometimes.relentless. 5 of my best .leeinblack

  17. R.... ....

    cheese...

  18. M.... M....

    Now where getting somewhere, the argument is won. Out comes the vitriol and the barrage of insults, personal insults are the last resort in an argument when you no longer have one and you never had one in the first place. I won't lower myself to your neanderthal level with any more playful jibes, it is quite obvious you are mentally challenged without me adding fuel to the fire. Perhaps we could discuss this personally next March? I will be attending at least 2 shows over there. Hugh Roo!

  19. M.... M....

    Are you a complete claghead? Hugh who? means he is not missed by The Stranglers dumbass. Hugh has been gone for over 20 years and I WILL TAKE IT SLOW SO YOUR TINY MIND CAN TAKE IT ALL IN, he is no longer missed by this current line - up who are touring on the back of another good album and HUGH ISN'T missed in 2012. His influence and input to this great band with 10 albums during their most successful era from 1974-1990 do not go unrecognized by fans and band members alike.I think you're thick!

  20. J.... B....

    Ha ha ha! Your previous post starts "Hugh Who?" and now this total contradiction -- but then your whole hsteric reaction here is one long list of contradictions! You can have the last word here since you clearly desperately need to have it. Good luck in hospital.

  21. M.... M....

    Yes indeed good on Hugh! He does his thing now and good luck to him, he certainly wasn't missed and Baz does a great job. Nothing but admiration in conversation from JJ about Hugh by the way. The Stranglers tour down here appears to have gone well along with Blondie, Devo and Simple Minds all here at once, maybe Hugh will pay us another visit? I hope he brings a keyboardist next time.The band play a UK tour next March. Meanwhile why don't you bore a hole in your head and let the sap run out?

  22. J.... B....

    Ha ha! Good for them! Hilarious to see you contradict your earlier drivel ("good on him"). No doubt you'll keep clogging up this page with your mental health problems...

  23. M.... M....

    Hugh Who? Just witnessed two great gigs by the band, long may they continue.

  24. M.... M....

    Yawn: Is this only word you know? You idiot!

  25. J.... B....

    Yawn! What a puffed-up windbag you are. Get help.

  26. M.... M....

    It's not hard having a dig at Hugh dumbass, i could do the same about the Stranglers too, JJ can cop just as much stick for some of his actions.He's aware of it.You're no Stranglers fan, you're just an internet troll, hiding behind a keyboard spewing out insane rants, nothing you have said makes any sense, you're just being argumentative for the sake of it and your arguments just don't hold up, Hugh's gone and he isn't missed, good luck to him, the band are here for 2 nights.They progress.

  27. J.... B....

    LOL! I've been a loyal fan of the band for nearly 30 years, bitch. Bottom line: you took a juvenile dig at Hugh, I pulled you up on it, and you're not man enough to take it. Period. (I've done the same elsewhere to "pro-Hugh" people taking a dig at the band. It's all the same bullshit.) You really are one fucked-up psycho. Look at the words you use. Do you even understand English? As for your fag-assed hysteria "complete and utter blah blah troller blah blah", take a look in the mirror, bitch!

  28. M.... M....

    Don't try and weazel out of your insane rants by now praising the band, you hate the fucking band you stupid fucker, you have some beef with me because i stated Hugh is not missed and his ego is probably shattered by that fact. You on the other hand are a complete and utter moron, a trolling fuckwit hiding behind a keyboard ranting and raving getting yor knickers in a knot because poor old Hugh won't get a christmas card from his bandmates this year. Should i get on a plane? Fuck off dickhead!

  29. M.... M....

    You are completely insane, you have absolutely no idea.Who gives a fuck anyway? The band still continue and are going strong playing in front of packed houses around the world, right here in Melbourne this coming week. (2 shows) Hugh does what ever wants and good on him for that "if you wanna hear the Stranglers go and see the fucking Stranglers" ~ Hugh Cornwell 1990's. He's changed his mind. He now goes on the road playing Stranglers albums in their entirety to 200-300 people if he's lucky!

  30. J.... B....

    Yawn! The work Hugh "lives on the back of" is the work he created with the band! JJ's done plenty of digging at Hugh over the years. A 10 year old could find a dozen examples online in 30 seconds. And Hugh's given plenty of credit to JJ and the boys over the same time too. What planet you living on, you whinging pixie? The one where you "get to see JJ on Monday"?! What a twot!

  31. M.... M....

    Well dumbass i will ask JJ about that on Monday when i see him. From what i know JJ has been very cordial towards Hugh since the break up,it has been Hugh who has been stand offish and aloof to his former bandmates.JJ has always stated how important Hugh's contribution has been to the Stranglers, the point here with this very good song form Giants is Hugh isn't needed anymore much to his own chagrin. Hugh now lives on the back of the Stranglers work, he even uses the same logo FFS! Good on Hugh!

  32. J.... B....

    What you think of me is irrelevant, son. JJ has slugged plenty of shit at Hugh, so the who-said-nasty-things-about-who argument is bollocks. Like most of your infant tantrum here. Obviously that's what you wish to forget (or are too dumb to realise).

  33. M.... M....

    I like Hugh, i have seen him play many times, i just dislike you intensely, my criticism of Hugh comes from the fact that he actually believed the band would fold and fade away as a distant memory. It hasn't, i wish you would.

  34. J.... B....

    LOL! You slag off Hugh (yawn, how original!) but aren't man enough to take a criticism yourself. What a tantrum-fairy you are! Now go play with your dolls, MotTheTwot.

  35. J.... B....

    LOL! A perfect description of yourself -- read your original comment! As for your deleted comment, who's "psychotic and in need of help" now?

  36. M.... M....

    You are a waste of space, time and energy. A tiny mind.

  37. J.... B....

    YAWN! If you didn't give a blah blah toss about Hugh, why drag it up like a thousand other boring braindead losers? Now, have a lie down after your great big tantrum, then you can go back to playing with your crayons, you sad twot!

    J.... B....

    Hugh who???He is not part of Stranglers for 20 years .Baz is doing great job !Been fan of the Sranglers for 4 decades since im 5o now This song ROCKS!!!

    J.... B....

    @Livia Negidius who farted

  38. M.... M....

    Obviously you are quite psychotic and in need of help, i suggest you look for it. Listen Bilbo, i couldn't give a fat rat's toss bag about Hugh leaving the band and that's the point your tiny mind is finding difficult to comprehend. I have no time for fools like you. You're an idiot, but i think you already know that.

  39. J.... B....

    YAWN! Another pathetic Hugh-left-the-band whinge-fairy. Yep, Einstein, the guy left the band. That's all. 20 YEARS AGO! The Stranglers stiill make great music and I doubt they need any 2-bit shit-spitters dragging it down with their pissy 20-year old whinge about the fact that a guy left the band. Get over it and get a life while you're at it! ("Credible music"... LOL! Jesus!)

  40. M.... M....

    Yes poor Hugh, isn't it shocking that people have a dig at him, yet only just this year he once again waffles on about no reunions and that the band was a spent force back in 1990? My point is nuthugger, the Stranglers are still making credible music and still selling out shows around the world. I see them twice next week here in OZ. I like Hugh, but he has his own head up his arse! Hugh was the one who gave up, not the band!

  41. J.... B....

    Another dig at Hugh. How original! (Yawn.)

  42. M.... M....

    I like Giants and this is a very good Stranglers song...sorry Hugh they really could survive without you.

  43. J.... B....

    Agree entirely , some good songs ( 15 Steps, Freedom , Adios ) , some average - then Camden and Mercury - especially the last one - awful . there isn't a single top notch Stranglers song - some good but not quite there at the pinnacle . I'd rate the album now after 7 months at 13th of their 17 studio albums . Giants is good ( in places ) - but NOT great .

  44. E.... O....

    SHARE THIS VIDEO ON FACEBOOK and everywhere else , for your friends !!! OK ??? GO NOW ! ;D And BECOME FANS ON " THE STRANGLERS" FACEBOOK !

  45. G.... L....

    i never stressed to listen this song,

  46. C.... ....

    Excellent.

  47. t.... ....

    You are absolutely right. Those were great, classic Stranglers CD's. Written in Red and About Time are also very good. All the people who reject The Stranglers post Cornwell are missing out and missing the point. The Stranglers are and have always been a band that is not afraid of change and willingness to explore new sounds...that's what makes them GREAT! I personally love ALL eras of Stranglers. F*#k the haters that cling to the past!

  48. V.... ....

    Dreamtime was a sublime record. Just not very Stranglers. This is a return to form and arguably one of their best albums.

  49. B.... M....

    dream time - what sh**e - don't get me started, man

  50. J.... B....

    By my calculations then that means you like Written In Red album over Norfolk Coast and Suite XV1 . I find that a bit worrying , most fans would say the previous two at least an improvement on anything since Dreamtime at least . Each to their own anyway .

  51. B.... M....

    well... that's your wrong opinion...

  52. t.... ....

    You're smokin' crack...Suite 16 was an incredible CD.

  53. B.... M....

    cracking tune!

    nice to see the band return to form aafter the last three miserable attempts.

  54. f.... ....

    Oh yeah; pure class! Superb bass and JJ growl, love it.

  55. v.... p....

    great!!

  56. G.... L....

    however is a great song.

  57. G.... L....

    also me the sound of keyboard remind walk on by

  58. G.... L....

    for me it's only song good on the album , sorry but it's the worst album ever!!