I don't know when I decided
This place was slowly killing me
Taking my life away, one day at a time
How could I have been so blind
Now I see
For so long
I was just like everyone else
Unknowing, unwitting
Ignoring everything I knew I felt
About how wrong this all was
Nothing here can ever be right
How can you live
How can you dream
With the flaming gates still burning bright
The only light in this timeless infinite night

Chorus

Straight Outta Dry County
Tonight I ride free
No one's gotten out alive
But that's fine by me
My hands won't be tied
I'm getting out of here
Dead or alive
Some things mean more than life
I'll live free or die

A hot wind exhales
Through the dusty streets
This is the night my destiny's fulfilled
One journey ends and another begins
Tonight I ride free

I see the people
All their faces look the same
I wonder if I was ever like that
So beaten down
If I ever lost my flame

Pacing this rented room
That should've been my home
Waiting for the sun to set
On everything I've known
Waiting for the stars
That'll light my way
Part of me is straining to run
And part of me wants to stay

Ok, there's what I've written so far. Arash, Tawtami, you want to to comment/tweak any of it? I'll try and write some in the next few days, though spring break is coming up (all of next week) and I don't think I'll be able to write then. I'll try though.

Adrian