"Free" is the theme song for the game Sonic Free Riders. It was composed by Jun Senoue, written by Johnny Gioeli, and performed by Chris Madin. The song also appears as an unlockable in Sonic Generations, and a Crush 40 version appears in the game's official soundtrack, Break Free: Sonic Free Riders Original Soundtrack, and The Best of Crush 40: Super Sonic Songs.
Lyrics
Chris Madin
- I’m falling free in the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me in the wind, in the wind
- What would it feel like to be speed of light
- And rule the night and day
- Watch as it passes by, the masses try you
- But they just can’t keep up
- Into the free, into the me
- Into the ever knowin'
- Felt so refrained,
- Felt so constrained
- But now I’m breaking out and
- I’m falling free in the wind, in the wind,
- Free to be me in the wind, in the wind
- Beg, borrow, steal, you made your deal
- And with no hesitation
- Crawl, walk, or run, you’ve had your fun
- Of which is very certain
- Into the free, into the me
- Into the ever knowin'
- Felt so constrained, felt so in pain
- But now I’m breaking out and
- I’m falling into the free, to the free
- Free to be me I am free, I am free
- I'm free
- Free
- I’m falling free in the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me in the wind, in the wind
- What would it take for you to make
- A simple speed transition
- Into the known, from the unknown
- And feed this wild temptation
- Into the free, been starving me
- Into the ever knowin'
- Felt so constrained, felt so ashamed
- But now I’m breaking out and
- I’m living in, in the free, in the free
- Free to be me, I am free, I am free
- I’m falling free in the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me in the wind, in the wind
- I'm falling free in the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me in the wind, in the wind
- I’m free
Crush 40 Version
- I'm falling free
- In the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me
- In the wind, in the wind
- What would it feel like to be speed of light and rule the night and day?
- Watch as it passes by you, the masses try you but they just can't keep up
- Into the free, into the me, into the ever-knowing
- Felt so refrained, felt so constrained – but now I'm breaking out and
- I'm falling free
- In the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me
- In the wind, in the wind
- I'm breaking out (I'm breaking out)
- Beg, borrow, steal – you've made your deal, and with no hesitation
- Crawl, walk, or run, you've had your fun, of which is very certain
- Into the free, into the me, into the ever-knowing
- Felt so constrained, felt so in pain – but now I'm breaking out and
- I'm falling free
- In the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me
- In the wind, in the wind
- I'm breaking out (I'm breaking out, I'm breaking out)
- I'm free (Free, free, free, free, free, free)
- I'm free and breakin' out
- Free (Free, free, free, free, free, free)
- I'm free and breakin' out
- (breakin', breakin', breakin', breakin', breakin', breakin', breakin' out)
- What would it take for you to make a simple speed transition?
- Into the known from the unknown, and feed this wild temptation
- Into the free, been starvin' me, into the ever-knowin'
- Felt so constrained, felt so ashamed – but now I'm breakin' out and
- I'm livin' in (Free, I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin', breakin', I'm free)
- In the free, in the free (I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin' breakin' out)
- Free to be me (Free, I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin', breakin', I'm free)
- I am free, I am free (I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin' breakin' out)
- I'm falling free (Free, I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin', breakin', I'm free)
- In the wind, in the wind (I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin' breakin' out)
- Free to be me (Free, I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin', breakin', I'm free)
- In the wind, in the wind (I'm breakin', breakin', I'm free, I'm breakin', breakin' out)
- I'm breakin, I'm breakin'
- I'm breakin, I'm breakin'
- I'm breakin, I'm breakin'
- I'm breakin' out and free!
Connections to Game/Characters
- What would it feel like to be speed of light and rule the night and day? - The riders being all the faster on their Extreme Gear.
- I'm falling free in the wind - The riders feeling free while riding the wind on their gear.
- Beg, borrow, steal, you've made your deal and with no hesitation - Eggman or Metal Sonic willing to do whatever it takes to trump their enemies.
- Free - Referring to the game itself.
- What would it take for you to make a simple speed transition? - Jet wanting his competitors to be better than what they are.
- Into the known from the unknown - Upon finding out that the true mastermind is Metal Sonic, the riders are not surprised to find that their data was copied or that Eggman tricked them.
- Shadow says "The doctor's schemes are hardly anything new."
- Sonic says "My job would be easier if you shot down your own plots like this more often."
- Rouge says "I'd be lying if I said I didn't see any of this coming."
- Omochao says "Wait, King Doc is actually Dr. Eggman? That...actually explains a lot."
