Freedom Is So Painful

"Freedom Is So Painful"
Demo by Rivers Cuomo
Album	Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
Released	November 22, 2020
Recorded	2003
Length	2:46
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo

"Freedom Is So Painful" is a demo recorded by Rivers Cuomo.

Appearances

• Alone IX: The Make Believe Years (2020)

Overview

"Freedom Is So Painful" was demoed acoustically at the band's rented office space in 2003, as a potential track for the band's planned fifth album. The song was one of hundreds of demos leaked onto riverscuomo.com on November 7, 2020. A few days later, on November 11, the song was listed and quickly sold to a user on the site's demo storefront, where it was thereafter shared among fans. The song was soon after released on November 22 as part of the digital compilation Alone IX: The Make Believe Years.

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Freedom Is So Painful	01 freedom is so painful.mp3	2003		2:46	Alone IX: The Make Believe Years

Lyrics

I have to let you go out there on your own
I have to let you fly and find your home

It hurts me so much to release you
But I know that I should not keep you
We both have our lives to be living
And there is nothing more to be giving

Freedom is so painful
Freedom is so painful
Freedom rings

I wish you all the best in whatever you do
And that all great success will wind its way to you
I will be doing my own thing
Don't you ever worry about me
I'll try my best to forget you
That's what we both should try to do

Freedom is so painful
Freedom is so painful
Freedom rings

It hurts me so much to release you
But I know that I should not keep you
We both have our lives to be living
And there is nothing more to be giving

And freedom is so painful
Freedom, it's so painful
Freedom is so painful
Freedom rings

See also

• Office demos
• riverscuomo.com demos
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs