[Verse 1]

My sentence is ending like this

I’ve been hacking and digging with a spoon and a shiv

Tunneling inch by inch

My strategy hinges on the fact that you’ve missed...

[Chorus]

Too long coming locked down I’m breaking out

Oh! Oh! So long...

Served my days, but now it’s coming 'round

Oh! Oh! So long...

[Verse 2]

Confinement gives birth to reflection

I wish I could trade ill-fated decisions

My penance has earned these offenses

I’m crawling my way to independence

[Chorus]

Too long coming locked down I’m breaking out

Oh! Oh! So long...

Served my days, but now it’s coming 'round

Oh! Oh! So long...

[Bridge]

(Wait) for moonlight

(Time) the searchlights

(Lay) in the shadows

Preparing for flight

[Verse 3]

My captors are convinced that I’m pinned

Down in dependence on the system that fostered

An institution of thieves

(But I live to see)

The shock on their faces when my cell is empty

[Chorus]

Too long coming locked down I’m breaking out

Oh! Oh! So long...

Served my days, but now it’s coming 'round

Oh! Oh! So long...