To Be a Free Man

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Barney, put the coffee on, 'cause I'm late for work again Another day at the office, wonder what kinda perks I get I am an MIT alumni, ever heard of it? Sure you did, I got a PhD, but now I'm earning it Building up my resume at Black Mesa (Yeah) Employee of the month, they should have a plaque with my name up (For real) I'll hang up my lab jacket, grab a new hazard suit (Ooh) Just in case a resonance cascade should happen soon (Boom) Who ever thought a book-smart geek could go so hard Even acquired a minor degree in crowbars No joke, Gordon got more balls than a Gonarch Head Crabs wanna grab my dome, 'cause I'm so smart I'm not one for talking, but I got an arsenal Forget my doctorate when a gun makes any problem solvable I am anomalous, like a subatomic quantum particle The odds of starting an apocalypse went from none to probable I'm picking up steam and running amok Cleaning out the marines who think that they'll cover this up I'll paint the wall with their brains, call that a Black Mesa layoff When you enter this facility, you know who's laid law Don't call me crazy I got plenty of Xen I'll annihilate any Nihilanth who's letting 'em in If I clock any overtime, I an't doing it for free, man At least give me some praise, okay? Gee, man [Chorus] What makes your life worth living? Who's making your decisions? Strung up by puppet strings, but no one else can see them When this dimension crashes Wake up and smell the ashes Trapped in a half life with a dream to be a free man [Verse 2] I need another coffee, have I been sleeping on the job? Doesn't matter this time, I arrived right on the dot Doctor Breen, what have you done to City 17? Call up a janitor, 'cause we got another mess to clean (Oh boy) It only took the alien invasion all of seven hours To enslave us and then make an overcompensating tower Now I need a team of physicists to see the resistance through Cause so far I've been solo, is Alyx single too? (Hey) This D0g's bite is bigger than it's bark, I've Upgraded from Mark IV to Mark V Charge up, now we'll divide and conquer the Combine Buckle up buggers, because you're in for a long ride Comes another unstoppable force, the source of which is Gordon I govern gravity, I'll send you soarin' to orbit Back at Black Mesa I slaughtered a Vortigaunt herd But now I work with them, sorry, this is awkward No bars will hold us, Nova Prospekt My crowbar is blood-soaked, you got wrecked Made it through Ravenholm, somehow I kept my head What's the story with Father Grigori? Left for dead Theoretically speaking, I'm a benevolent being But with relativity, intent has no meaning Hands up when you see the lambda, doesn't matter what your race is I'm Freeman, G-Man, I'll never stay in stasis [Chorus] What makes your life worth living? Who's making your decisions? Strung up by puppet strings, but no one else can see them When this dimension crashes Wake up and smell the ashes Trapped in a half life with a dream to be a free man [Outro] I won't let any dimensional freak overwork me Time to spill his cryptic secrets now in verse three