Discover the story of the song > I Shall Be Released – Tom Robinson Band

The protagonist is singing about how people say everything can be replaced and every distance is not near, but he still remembers the faces of the men who put him in his current situation. He sees his life shining from the west to the east and believes that he will be released soon. He mentions that there might be a new enquiry and a mistake, but he wants to be released before it's too late. There is also a man in the crowd who says he's not to blame and has been shouting for ten years that he was framed. The protagonist believes that he will be released soon.