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Riff: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – “If I Were Free”

Jul 22, 2013

I would yell out “I love you!” to all I passed/I would disrobe and disco and rip off my mask/Yes, if I were free I’d be the ‘U’ that crossed the ‘I’ to simply ‘B’

from If I Were Free lyrics by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

The Magnetic Zeros may be a collective of lyrically self-labeled “flower children” troubadours who employ overwhelming echoes of psychedelic-era Beatles on this album, but they recognize that they aren’t truly in a “free” utopia just yet.

Riff by Karl Ernest

Karl is a Seattle-based musician and writer at SONGLYRICS; a veteran of both east and west-coast scenes, he has performed with the likes of The Ying Yang Twins, David Arquette, Wynton Marsalis, among others. But he's no stranger to seedy dives or house shows, either.

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