Run Free, performed by Emily Stellar
Words and Music by Christopher Sopher
℗ CosmicCrusaderMusic.com (BMI/ASCAP)
℗ Published by Christopher Sopher Media, LLC © 2011–2025
Valley of the Sun Press – Music – Lyrics: Songs of the Desert
December 2, 2025
Lyrics: Run Free (Untethered)
[Guitar Intro Hook]
[Verse 1]
The sun burns low on the valley,
red dust rising in the heat.
Wild mustangs cut across the silence,
hooves like thunder, hearts untamed.
[Verse 2]
Through the Gila, down to the Salt River,
manes like fire in the wind.
Galloping hard, the water splashing,
running together, wild as sin.
[Pre-Chorus]
And in their eyes, a wordless question—
Here we are, the same as you.
[Chorus]
Run free, breathe deep, feel the now.
Untethered, nothing can hold us down.
Rooted in the desert’s hand,
yet carried by the wild dust and sand.
[Verse 3]
The canyon walls echo their freedom,
like an old film come alive.
Shadows stretch across the mesa,
Arizona’s heart still rides.
[Pre-Chorus]
And in their gaze, I hear it calling—
This is the land that shapes you too.
[Chorus]
Run free, breathe deep, feel the now.
Untethered, nothing can hold us down.
Rooted in the desert’s hand,
yet carried by the wild dust and sand.
[Bridge]
They weave their joy through desert twilight,
dust clouds rising to the sky.
Every heartbeat like a drumbeat,
ancient rhythm that won’t die.
[Final Chorus]
Run free, breathe deep, feel the now.
Untethered, nothing can hold us down.
Rooted in the desert’s hand,
yet carried by the wild dust and sand.
[Outro]
I stand with them, feeling it all—
the stillness, the wildness, the call.
Run free, breathe deep… untethered.
