With a silver star between his eyes that open up at hidden lies Once he's helped you on your journey to freedom, he departs. He leaves you, he leaves you.Freedom rider He tries to piece together the broken fragments of your life, hoping everything falls into place. He comes gathering up the bits while hoping that the puzzle fits He enters your life with as much force as a natural disaster tearing everything apart. Like a hurricane around your heart when earth and sky are torn apart By the time we hear the siren's call, it's too late, and we are forever changed. Often we are alone in these moments, and it's only after we have gone through them that we can understand their significance. Freedom rider,' talks about how sometimes the moments of realization and understanding can be difficult to comprehend. By the time you hear that silent (or siren?) sound, then your soul is in the lost and found.

The lines, 'When lightning strikes you to the bone, you turn around, you're all alone. The storm of emotions that this man was previously experiencing has now been replaced with a feeling of hope and liberation. Freedom rider,' suggests that the man can feel the presence of this 'Freedom Rider' even though he's not physically present.

This is a symbol of how the common man is standing up against the oppressive forces and fighting for their freedom. He is crying with defeat, and people are gathering in the street. This 'Freedom Rider' has a 'silver star between his eyes that open up at hidden lies,' which represents his ability to see through the façade and get to the truth. The following lines are an ode to the 'Freedom Rider' who comes to his rescue. The opening lines, 'Like a hurricane around your heart when earth and sky are torn apart, he comes gathering up the bits while hoping that the puzzle fits,' explain how this man is trying to pick up the pieces of his broken life and put them together to make sense of it all. The song 'Freedom Rider' by Steve Winwood (Traffic) is a brilliant representation of a man's journey towards freedom.

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