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#FreedomMusicFriday: 'Cut the Cord'

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Christopher Cook
Aug 25, 2023
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At first blush, you might think that I am just adapting Shinedown’s ‘Cut the Cord’ for #FreedomMusicFriday because of the hook:

Freedom, la, la, la, la
Freedom, follow me

But that just gets you in the door. The song isn’t about freedom from external coercion by governments or other powers—it’s about internal liberation. It’s about personal strength and ind…

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