Freestate

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Freestate
Song	Freestate
By	Depeche Mode
Songwriter	Martin L. Gore
Produced by	Depeche Mode Tim Simenon
Recorded at	Abbey Road Eastcote Westside Strongroom RAK (London) Electric Lady (New York City) Larrabee West (Los Angeles)
Length (mm:ss)	6:44
Tempo	95 BPM
Time signature	4 4
Key	A Minor
Programmed by	Kerry Hopwood
Engineered by	Q
Engineering assistance	Paul Hicks Guy Massey Lee Fitzgerald Tom Rixton Gary Forde Lee Phillips Jamie Campbell Jim Greg Audie Chamberlain Robbie Kazandjian
Mixed by	Tim Simenon Q
Mastered by	Mike Marsh
Keyboards	Dave Clayton
Additional vocal engineering	Gareth Jones
Vocal coach	Evelyn Halus
Art direction	Anton Corbijn
Colour prints	Brian Dowling
Sleeve design	Area
Recorded	January, 1996 - February, 1997
Originally released	April 14, 1997
Live performances as Depeche Mode	0 times *
Total live performances	0 times *

'Freestate' is a song from the 1997 album Ultra by Depeche Mode.

Notes

Tim Simenon said in the Depeche Mode special of Classic Pop Magazine, published on 2019-08-01:

"There must have been seven or eight versions of 'Freestate'. We were throwing so many ideas at it, then we thought, "Hang on, let's put the faders up and work out what's working and what isn't." It's amazing what you can do by turning things up or down!"

Lyrics

Freestate

I can hear your soul crying

Listen to your spirit sighing

I can feel your desperation

Emotional deprivation

Let yourself go

Let yourself go

Let your feelings show

Picking up the conversation

Deep in your imagination

Tune into the lonely voices

Talking of their only choices

Let yourself go

Let yourself go

Let your spirit grow

Step out of your cage

And onto the stage

It's time to start

Playing your part

Freedom awaits

Open the gates

Open your mind

Freedom's a state

I can taste the tears falling

The bitterness inside you calling

Yearning for a liberation

Emotional emancipation

Let yourself go

Let yourself go

Let your senses overflow

Step out of your cage

And onto the stage

It's time to start

Playing your part

Freedom awaits

Open the gates

Open your mind

Freedom's a state

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1997 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Dates where Freestate was played

Freestate has never been played live.

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