Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Woh, these chains of love got a hold on me yeah
Chains, well, I can't break away
from these chains
Can't run around 'cause I'm not free
Woh, these chains of love won't let me be, yeah
I wanna tell you pretty baby
I think you're fine
I'd like to love you
But, darling,
I'm imprisoned by these chains
My baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Woh, it's chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Please believe me when I tell you
Your lips are sweet
I'd like to kiss them
But I can't break away from all these chains
My baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Woh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, chains of love
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa, oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, well I can't break away from these chains
Can't run around, cos I'm not free
Whoa, oh, these chains of love won't let me be, yeah
I wanna tell you, pretty baby
I think you're fine
I'd like to love you
But, darling, I'm imprisoned by these...
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Oh, oh, these chains of love got a hold on me
Please believe me when I tell you
Your lips are sweet
I'd like to kiss them
But I can't break away from all of these...
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa, oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, chains of love...
I don't want any trouble. I don't want to make any waves.
I don't want any conscience. And I don't wanna be brave.
I've kept my distance. My feelings have never been shown.
I know that I've been walking fences,
Denied what I have known.
I carry chains. (I carry chains.)
Heavy, heavy chains. (Chains that are made.)
I carry chains (I carry chains) 'round my feet.
I feel the weight (I feel the weight.)
Chains are the different things that should not be hanging on me.
I put my conscience under a stone, the stone under the ground.
Walked from where I had left it. I hoped it couldn't be found.
My conscience persisted. It's a haunted seed I have sown.
Calls me out from the distance
And it just won't leave me alone.
I carry chains. (I carry chains.)
Chains that are made. (Chains that are made.)
I carry heavy chains. (I carry chains.)
Talk about the weight. (I feel the weight.)
Chains are the temporary things that should not be hanging on me.
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, well, I can't break away from these chains
I can't run around 'cause I'm not free
Whoa, these chains of love won't let me be, yeah
Now believe me when I tell you
I think you're fine, yes I do
I'd like to love you
But I can't break away from all of these chains
My baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
I wanna tell you, now baby
Your lips, they look so sweet
You know I'd like to kiss you
But I can't break away from all these chains
My baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind, oh, no, that you can see
Whoa, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, chains of love
Chains of love, chains of love
Whoa, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Bought a ticket to Seattle but I can't get to the plane
Everytime I leave you I keep running out of chain
I hunger for your love it never gives me any slack
But if I ever break away, I'm never coming back to these
Chains, chains, shackles and chains
No matter what it takes some day I'm gonna break
These chains, chains, shackles and chains
These love taking, heart breaking, cold, hard, lonely making chains
You never try to hold me till you see me walking out
I guess you'd rather be with me than ever be without
You call me back and kiss me and my heart begins to sink
When I know that all you're doing's taking up another link in these
Chains, chains, shackles and chains
No matter what it takes some day I'm gonna break
These chains, chains, shackles and chains
These love taking, heart breaking, cold, hard, lonely making chains
Love was never meant to be a one-way street
I was never meant to be falling at your feet
You find me where you want me and I don't know what to do
You don't belong to me but I belong to you in these
Chains, chains, shackles and chains
No matter what it takes some day I'm gonna break
These chains, chains, shackles and chains
These love taking, heart breaking, cold, hard, lonely making chains
Chains, chains, shackles and chains
No matter what it takes some day I'm gonna break
These chains, chains, shackles and chains
Chains that try to bind me
Chains that won't let me go
Oh chains, they keep me from trying
Chains, please loose your stronghold
Chains, though I try to surrender
Chains, yet and still I remember
Whom the Son sets free is truly free indeed
Lord, free me from these chains
Chains, and my heart full of sorrow
Chains, I won't sleep well tonight because of these chains
How I long for tomorrow
?Cause today there are no tears left to cry
Chains, though it feels cold as winter
Chains, I will fight to remember
That by Your stripes I'm healed, to Your heart, Lord, I appeal
Please free me from these
Chains of abuse
Chains, suicide
Chains, pain from my past
Chains, that robbed my peace of mind
Chains, chains of divorce
Chains, addiction and fear
Oh chains, being afraid to die
Chains, and afraid to live
Chains, chains of depression
Chains, haven't laughed in a while
Chains, restore my joy
Chains, and give me back my smile
Ooh chains, I do love You, Jesus
Chains, but not like I should
Chains, I love You forever
Chains, but not like I could
Chains, have mercy on me
Chains, can't go on this way
Chains, save me I'm lost
Chains, help me believe what You say
Chains, this is just a test
Chains, though it's hard to see
Chains, I surrender Your will
So now I ask You please free me from these
Oh, please free me from these
Oh, free from these
I know You can, You said You will
Free me Jesus
I know You can, please if You will
Free me Jesus
I believe You can, I believe You will
Free me Jesus
So if You can, I pray You will
Free me Jesus
Please Lord, I'm begging You
Free me from
Oh, free me from these
Free me from these chains, chains
Chains
Chains
Chains
Chains, yeah
Chains
I remember sudden distant sound
Guilt and leverage mark my way
I try to take myself a thousand steps from here
Somewhere something makes me stay
I recall a broken spirit traveling down the road
Never more his images have burned upon the floor, floor, floor
Let it out, the chains revolving in my mind, fight on
Tear it out, death is calling me this time
Draw the line, a simple man hands upon his stone
Spin his wheel for a dime
He sheds a tear of two and covers up his soul
He did not ever speak his mind
Rattle on, the masters keep him like a frightened dog
Battle scars, the fortune of his heart will kill us all, all, all
Let it out, the chains revolving in my mind, fight on
Tear it out, death is calling me this time
Draw the line, oh you feel like there`s nowhere at all
You feel you`re alone at the door
It`s alright you`ll see, yeah
Let it out, the chains revolving in my mind, fight on
Tear it out, death is calling me this time
Draw the line
Let it out, the chains revolving in my mind, fight on
Tear it out, death is calling me this time
Draw the line
An hour since the sundown
The ghosts are creepin in
Are gathering around me
Like starlings in the wind
Dark shapes gather round
Voices like my brother's
Are whispering to me
But I don't know these others
Who want to set me free
Come home you're out of time
But the life cannot let go
It's a chain cuts across my soul
Anchoring in this world
I put my hand into the flame
Burning but I feel no pain
Don't speak, don't speak my name
Hold on to this life of chains
The door is standing open
But I'm too tired to be afraid
My whole life's in this moment
I've been fighting all the way
Just need a little more time
Cuz the life just can't let go
It's a chain cuts across my soul
Anchoring in this world
I put my hand into the flame
Burning but I feel no pain
Don't speak, don't speak my name
Hold on to this life of chains
Nah nah nah nah nah
I put my hand into the flame
Burning but I feel no pain
Don't speak, don't speak my name
Hold on to this life of chains
Your arms are warm but they make me feel
As if they're made of cold, cold steel
A simple kiss like a turnin' key
A little click and the lock's on me
Can't move my arms, can't lift my hands
I won't admit to where I am
But I know baby, I'm in chains
I'm in chains
I pretend I can always leave
Free to go whenever I please
But then the sound of my desperate calls
Echo off these dungeon walls
I've crossed the line from mad to sane
A thousand times and back again
I love you baby, I'm in chains
I'm in chains
I'm in chains
I'm in chains
Should have known passing through the gate
That once inside I could not escape
I never thought this could happen to me
Never thought this is where I'd be
But baby, baby, baby, look at me
Baby, baby, look at me, I'm in chains
I'm in chains
I never thought this is where I'd be
Danger! Danger! They kill without fear
Without a warning you'll die tonight
Hunting and killing and raping again,
their only aim to take your life
Die, die! Brutal gangs of death
Innocent victims they like to kill
Fear, fear! We know their cruelty
Hope never to meet them
Death - is real tonight
Death - is real tonight
Blood - is what they need
Chains, chains (In your face)
Fight, fight! Answer their aggressions
Take the weapons and defend yourself
Hunting and killing and raping again,
their only aim to take your life
Kill, kill! The time has come
Hope, hope! We dance on their graves
Now they've payed for their brutal murders
The mirror on the wall it tells no lies
And oh I don't like what I see
I see a woman there I watch her as she cries
And the woman isn't really me
But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around
Look for you, hold me, tender, set me free
I need to feel you put your hands around me
Day in, day out it's the same old story
You're out there on your own
Is he worth the price you pay
Got you in his chains
Will he set you free someday
I wish I didn't feel this way I can't get nothing done
And all I want to do is go to sleep
Though I lie in bed for hours I cannot close my eyes
And lonely days turn into lonely weeks
But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around
Look for you, tender, hold me, set me free
I need to feel you put your hands around me
Day in, day out, it's the same old storyYou're out there on your own
Is he worth the price you pay
Got you in his chains
Will he set you free someday
Every now and then I think things might be all right
And I think I see a light beyond the door
Just as I approach it disappears again
And everything seems darker than before
But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around
Look for you, hold me, tender, set me free
I need to feel you put your hands around me
Day in, day out, it's the same old story
You're out there on your own
Is he worth the price you pay
Got you in his chains
Will he set you free someday
These mortal thoughts
They bind me up
They shackle me
And drag me down
I can't escape
I'm cut too deep
Left hanging here
In misery
Chains of hate
Chains of affection
Chains that want you
And chains of rejection
Chains immortal
Chains that die
Chains that shackle you
And chains that bind
I feel the tongue
That pulls me in
This chain of memories
This passion bends
I can't escape
I'm cut too deep
Left hanging here
In misery
Chains of hate
Chains of affection
Chains that want you
And chains of rejection
Chains immortal
Chains that die
Chains that shackle you
And chains that bind
Chains of hate
Chains of affection
Chains that want to
And chains of rejection
Chains immortal
Chains that die
Chains that shackle you
And chains that bind
Oh chain
These mortal thoughts
They bind me up
They shackle me
And drag me down
I can't escape
I'm cut too deep
Left hanging here
In misery
Chains of hate
Chains of affection
Chains that want you
And chains of rejection
Chains immortal
Chains that die
Chains that shackle you
And chains that bind
I feel the tongue
That pulls me in
This chain of memories
This passion bends
I can't escape
I'm cut too deep
Left hanging here
In misery
Chains of hate
Chains of affection
Chains that want you
And chains of rejection
Chains immortal
Chains that die
Chains that shackle you
And chains that bind
Chains of hate
Chains of affection
Chains that want to
And chains of rejection
Chains immortal
Chains that die
Chains that shackle you
And chains that bind
Oh chain
Oh chains
Maxed Mary
Delinquent Girl
And All Her Angels On Death Row
Alcoholic Ann
Violent Girl
Another Angel On Death Row
Dangerous Dorothy
Citizen Girl
Beatific Angel On Death Row
They Thought They Could Change
But One Thing's For Sure
Master of creation
This manipulation
Means manifestation now...
Fatal termination
Divine intervention
End the sufferation now...
Build up tension
Deterioration
Killing operation now...
Karma to burn
Becoming undone
Injustice is done now...
Kill... Survive... Survive to kill
Breath and breath - The air smells diseased
Trenches and trenches - The middle passage ending
Bleed in... Bleed out... No one will get out
Five to one - One to five - No one gets out alive
Master of creation - No more chains - Oppression
Slave state - Slave hate - Feel this day of hate
Five to one - One to five - No one gets out alive
Break the chains and break away
Break the hate and run away
Break the chains and face the day
Make a way, a new dawn fades
Stolen away, a new dawn fades
Stolen away, empty decay
They fade away in the slave trade
Lord of hate, lord of fate
I resist - Desecrate
Military dominance
Communication ends
Ordinary intolerance
Chaos and insolence
Ominous apparition
Evil manifestation
Malicious operation
Corruption and tension
Slavery is misery
Inflicting heresy
Wounds are open endlessly
Hatred, animosity
Torture masks and bleeding backs
Whipping cracks and faceless deaths
We'll rise and we'll defy it
And send their masters to the fire...
Destroy the chains - These are the chains of hate
Destroy the chains - We cannot tolerate
Destroy the chains - Where we were created
Destroy the chains - The evil of man-made
Destroy the chains...
You've taken me higher
Lift the veil of my synchronocity
You've taken me higher
And I lose all sense and sensibility
Next to the fire
Broken men are warmed with empathy
You take me higher
Now I know, I know I feel release
Release my heart from it's chains
You've taken me higher
But trust it built on the works of other men
Send back the liar
And in a stolen moment he'll be back again
Next to the fire
See the gods idle at your feet
You take me higher
Destroy my doubt, destroy defeat
When I close my eyes
I see you appear
I'm drawn to you my dear
I dream of you
No chains can bind me
In this dream I'll keep you forever mine
Until the end of time
I was longing for your blessing
But you were a devil in disguise
My sweet mistress of despair
You turned my dreams into lies
I follow you to the darker side of night
You take my hand and pull me closer
I realize there's no way I can wake
In my dreams I'm longing for your sin
The warmth of your caress
I was longing for your blessing:
You were a devil in disguise
Turned my dreams into lies
Until the end of time
In this dream I'll keep you forever mine
Until the end of time
In this dream I'll keep you forever mine
Forever, Forever
Break the chain
Tracy is a good girl
Sweet 16
Her daddy's in her bedroom
Makes her feel unclean
She's slave to a secret
That her dad and she keep together
Nathan is a genius
Or at least he was
Nat traded future for a glass-pipe-buzz
Nat lives on the streets now
For $20 bills he'll do whatever
Don't stop breaking the chains
Don't stop breakin' away
Don't be afraid of breaking the chains
It's up to no one else
You've got to free yourself
Rosie is a waitress at the airport lounge
She gave up on her dreams
Her self esteem's broke down
Now she stares out the window
Watching people fly around forever
Make a change don't you be afraid, go on
Free your mind from the fear inside
And you won't be chained anymore
Look here I'm a black man
And they say I'm free
Seems like somebody s'til got chains on me
Well we got brothers killing brothers
Leaving young mothers to raise a family
Chains
Chains
We console now you and I
I said hold me there
Hold me
Make the night roll magic
I will not fly away
So now make it, make it rain
Chains
Chains
I have wandered and I have found no reason that I can understand
Why all these boundaries return to where I am
So please break them
Make them break down into -
Chains
Chains
Make the night roll
And hold my hands up to your own
I'm like a man pitied and maimed
Sorrow won't lift our shame like these
Chains
Chains
Chains
Chains
Chains
(Allen, Gray, Cox)
Bass and Percussion Programming: Apollo 440.
Programming: Drostan Madden.
Voice: Claudia Fountaine.
Engineered: Drostan Madden, Allan Jenkins, Guy Fixsen.
I remember their faces, I remember their stares
I remember how wasted you were in there
When I know you want it and I know you care
And I know you feel it and I know it's there
You were speaking to no one, I called your name
You were looking for something without any chains
When I know you want it and I know you care
And I know you feel it and I know it's there
I was talking to someone, you pulled me aside
You were telling me something that I couldn't buy
When I know you want it and I know you care
And I know you feel it and I know it's there
When I know you want it and I know you care
These chains that bridles me
That kept me from being free
These chains held me down
For far too many years
All of this time has been in vain
Now is the time to break these chains
You cannot change me
You cannot break me
'Cause there's strength in me
That's bound to be
You can't control me
You can't exploit me anymore you see
'Cause I broke free
Emotions dividing me
Profound as the deep blue sea
But I won't give in
I'll never let the demons win
Though all my past drives me insane
Captured by time, I'm trying to move
But my limbs don't react. I've lost control
I'm so frail but I'm reaching the door
And I lean against, but it's closed
The fire will burn, no matter what I'm trying to do
And it seems that the flames are laughing
Figures all around, they're reaching for me
The play with me, a bloody game
And I'm tired now, I don't care anymore
'Cos there is nothing I can do, nothing I could ever do
And my chains won't fall
My legs are burning and still there's no way out
No chance to escape
A last unbearable pain
And for a second I heard a voice
But I don't care anymore, I care for nothing anymore
I am insensitive now
My chains won't fall
I'll always be locked in this iron cage, where no key exist
I feel that something cuts my veins but they're dried up
I've lost all my sanity, I'm paralysed
But I don't care anymore, I care for nothing anymore
My chains won't fall
I came to a point in my life
Where I didn't know a way out
I thought about suicide
But the people thought i was ok
I made them believe i was taking the sensible way.
To the outside i was living in a thrill
In reality i couldn't even use my skills
And i opened the bible (and) took the message out
I taught about something above
You break the chains (you break)
Careful he broke my somnabulism
And saved me from spiritual starvation
I didn't know what went on in my dubious mind
So i went on my kness to ask the question why
Said lord here iam naked and weak
Why did you rescue me and made my way straight
And through the book of love he said
That he loves us more than anything in the world
When you're face down
And your bodie's too weak to move
Just remember there's someone above
To break the chains of the sin away from you
Come on let's break the chains
Maxed Mary
Delinquent Girl
And All Her Angels On Death Row
Alcoholic Ann
Violent Girl
Another Angel On Death Row
Dangerous Dorothy
Citizen Girl
Beatific Angel On Death Row
They Thought They Could Change
But One Thing's For Sure
That All The Angels Never Die
Chains
Your love is drowning me
Your love is strangling me
Deny my right to breathe
Deny me my feeble existence
I despise your love
I despise your strokes of tenderness
Pity love
Salute the lack of emotion
And let me feel the chains
I can feel the chains pour down
Pity love
When I close my eyes
I see you appear
I'm drawn to you my dear
I dream of you
No chains can bind me
In this dream I'll keep you forever mine
Until the end of time
I was longing for your blessing
But you were a devil in disguise
My sweet mistress of despair
You turned my dreams into lies
I follow you to the darker side of night
You take my hand and pull me closer
I realize there's no way I can wake
In my dreams I'm longing for your sin
The warmth of your caress
I was longing for your blessing:
You were a devil in disguise
Turned my dreams into lies
Until the end of time
In this dream I'll keep you forever mine
Until the end of time
In this dream I'll keep you forever mine
Forever, Forever
In this dream I'll keep you forever mine
[Intro: Killah Priest (Masta Killa)]
Let it flow, deh-deh-duh (yeah) it's on (beh-deh-deh-deh)
(Den-e-neh) on... (yo, aiyo)
[Chorus: reggae sample]
Keep on knowin' what you know
Keep on knowin' what you know
End up, up, up, in chains, chains, chains
[Masta Killa]
Back in '88, son was gettin' a little paper
Caught a few stings, rocked the phat rope cables
Pushed the white Mercury Sable, known for holdin' heat
Pharoah garmer marks on his feet, serpents whisper
You can smell the deceit, they greet me like peeps, to blend
And try to befriend, to get up, underneath the skin
My long wind'll blow ya head piece degrees
Murder One Team, Barcelini Noodle had lean
Microphone fiend, step into the rhythm
This is how I'm servin' them, no need for medic attention
I just murder them, murder them... pussy, I just murder them
[Chorus]
[R.A. the Rugged Man]
I'm a dip-dip diverse, socializer
I'm a hoof flat top rule, in eighty niner
They say Rugged, by now, you should of at least blown
It's funny, I'm mad famous for being unknown
I'm just a dirty motherfucker, they hate my guts
All I talk about is bitches, and bustin' nuts
Yeah, I got a foul mouth, yeah, I cuss too much
I'm just so Ricky Ricardo, ri-di-cu-lous
And I ain't got no fly whip, I still ride the bus
I got Mitch Blood Green on the scene with us
Hospitable, hitable, cooler, than Jacob who criminal
Miracle, lyrical, take every syllable literal
Little riddle, profitable, visible, iritibal
Little brittle, pitiful, for so through little, you tickle, you typical
Yeah, I talk shit, I'm cocky with it
It's hard for you to admit it, but I'm one of the best in it
[Chorus]
[Killah Priest]
My mind is haunted, filled with the extension of slaves that's torment
Slow down my steps, one foot from the grave to con it
Our young black males, they lick pon gate
Son of the morning, roasted souls, tell Minister "come pray"
It's gun trade inside of smokey apartments
Flow process, one nine, two tech, four revolvers
Coke overballing kettels, it's like we struck oil in the ghetto's
We supply it to addict's, the devil work
He practice, he's like a search backwards
Til they throw that dirt in our casket, and that's it
I live where the fiends are nothin', just a scene of the projects, similar to
Osama's
An old man, at the top of the stairs, he just stare
'cause his mind ain't there, victim of the war
Polar signs, the times is near
He drop the jewels, til you buy him a beer
He said he was a linebacker for the Bears
Said he did it all back, while he's dryin' his tear
Yeah, it's that real shit, that made me
That music from the '80's, the child's of the '70's
Carried on a fire
Like a spark in black smoke
To a place where no one spoke his name
Burning black
Expectations
Could a destination make his name
Running out of time standing still
Something's gotta change or nothing will
You gotta leave your home rattle all your bones
And shake off of your chains
All of your chains... 4x
New to an old town
But a town that knew him
She could stare right through his youthful face
Morning came
A cool collector
And the more and more she took she took the less he gave
Running out of time standing still
Something's gotta change or nothing will
You gotta leave your home rattle all your bones
And shake off of your chains
Man a mek move
Got to mek a plan
People find food to feed their families
Youths dey a streets
Man a plant food fe him livelihood
Brothers in the camp
Yet the people dance
Youth a preach lyrics
Man a lick shot
Dancehall youth just lick a shot
Some a build speaker box
Fe dem business that in a society
If not the shackle is the boot
If not the chain it's your brain
Lord what a strain, strain, strain
Say Babylon have the people rocking
Tell you know
(chorus)
Chain, chain, chain, we got to break those chains
Chains off my feet
Strange 20th century
(repeat)
Come again my love
It's been your love too
I believe it's this feeling child
The youth a get wise
The youth a get stronger
In a time like this no Uncle Tom business na goan so
Not so, oh come we come to shake the house down
Lord lick off some rooftop ka we need your attention
Rock some sound
Can't shut this down
Rock some sound
All the people rally around
Stop fight natty dread locks down, down, down
Babylon got the people rocking to and through
Turn them out inside
The words you said to me and your promises to stay
Were beautiful and I somehow believed
It hurts, the way you play
You stone me to see if I can break in two easily
I'm in chains and you don't see
It feels like rain when you leave me
I need your confidence and some peace of mind
But not so fast my innocence is still behind
I'm in chains and you don't see
It feels like rain when you leave me
I need some light I tried to find you
But couldn't reach you, you were too faint
It's harder every time underneath your waves
Saw him standing there and I know
What it takes to make a show
'Cause who wants to be ignored?
Who wants to be alone?
I'll give you one, two, three, four
You're out on the streets, knock-knocking every door
Six, seven, eight, nine
Nobody home, ran out of time
Never beat me, please believe me
There's a river running through me
I don't need no reason or a changing season
Out of the rain and the chain, chain, chains
Drag myself up to bring you down and you said
Too much tragedy in this woman
Cannot help but be impressed
By your logic and your state of interest
I'll give you one, two, three, four, five
If you know what's good you'd better look alive
Six, seven, eight, nine
Nowhere to run so hide, hide, hide
Never beat me, please believe me
There's a river running through me
I don't need no reason or a changing season
Out of the rain and the chain, chain, chains
Gotta laugh on back at love
Gotta laugh on back at love
A river's too much to love
Jump out before it floods
Never beat me, please leave me
There's a river running through me
I don't need no reason or a changing season
Out of the rain and the chain, chain, chains
Never beat me, please believe me
There's a river running through me
I don't need no reason or a changing season
Who do you think you are trying to be?
Abusing your position of authority
A poor excuse for a man
On his knees at their commands
And the one thing that gets me is he jumps at the
chance
To brownie his nose up the corporate owner’s ass
If only you knew the truth
Not just me, they hate you too
The same!
Never seems to worry because he holds the keys
And his main priority is job security as I don’t have
Now it’s time to let you go
I understand, you’re too weak
Open the door, out I go
Why don’t you say:
“I have conformed to leaders of hate”?
Because you know if you do
You’re next out the door
I can’t betray my integrity
I won’t keel down, not for anyone
I won’t conform
Can you see what you’ve done?
You burned me
Don’t forget you burned me
Make it out, is your life a real thrill?
find out things that always make you sick
screaming out frustations kept inside
... do it now! Do it now! Do it now!
breaking out of opprensive...
Jails, clouding keen minds
instincts restrained by invisible...
CHORUS
Chains: express your own personality!
Make it out, did you decide your destiny?
pointing out mistakes you made on your way
bringing out the best you got inside yourself
...do it now! Do it now! Do it now!
breaking out of opprensive...
Jails, blinding hungry eyes
instincts restrained by invisible...
CHORUS
Chains: express your own personality!
CHORUS
Chains, Chains, Chains, ouch!
Nothing consumes me like the despair
The agony kills my body and soul
Feeling so fragile under these times
Mere emptiness and self-destruction
Fill up this hollow
That once was me
Unravel the shackles
Called misery
Been knelt down before this world
For a time that seems like aeons
Rage that burns still is an onslaught
Focused on the bleakness of it all
Fill up this hollow
That once was me
Unravel the shackles
Called misery
Now the time is at hand
For my death to take it's turn
From the pain to be reborn
To see life and not to crawl
No more will I crawl
My mind has opened now
I'll crash the visions
On unreality
Fill up this hollow
That once was me
Unravel the shackles
Called misery
Now the time has come
For my pain to be undone
Your touch, oh, so pure
[Chorus:]
Break your chains young man, and run away
Break your chains young man, and run away
[Verse 1:]
Hey Nate, know you up there listening man
I hope your straight, cause I'm feeling kinda twisted man
The cards they dealt us last year bro they really sucked
How the fuck could one hand bring such bad luck
If this is karma, then I'm tryna think of things we did
To cost the life, the life of young Nathan Smith
Eye for an eye, it's a painful injustice
You never heard of fly
And in God you really trusted
So, I don't understand why he called your number out
I wish at least he would of let you see the summer out
You would of flipped
Me and chaddy rocked a show with snoop
Wished you were there, so we dedicated songs to you
It's not the same since you left things are different mate
Chaddys moved to Perth
And Danny's living in the states
We've separated, but we will never let the memories fade
The day you broke the chains and taught us how to run again
[Chorus:]
Break your chains young man, and run away
Break your chains young man, and run away
[Verse 2:]
It's funny how they say you take for granted what you got
Tills it's gone, till your friend dies and you write a song
About their life and how unfair it is it finished unfulfilled
And then you realize if they could of had the chance to write a will
They would of wished for you to chase your dreams and really make a move
Instead of getting drunk and talking about the things we never do
I'm gunna prove this year, the life we lost was for the cause
The coffin shot but it seems to open up the doors
When opportunities arise now I snatch them up
I wasted 25 and finally feel like catching up
It's werid mate, it's like the puzzles really matching up
And I don't feel that we could ever tell you thanks enough
So till we meet again, a message from the boys and me
We truly miss you mate and hope you found the place to be
To us you left the game and kinda took the sun away
And in return we learnt to break the chains and run away
[Chorus:]
Break your chains young man, and run away
Break your chains young man, and run away
with every breath i hesitate
been wanting you for so long
and sometimes i can't handle it
your heart it's too strong
brigde:
you didn't see uhh you didn't need me, holding it onto
you...
you took your time just like you do
and now you see uhh and now you need me, holding it
onto you...
i am falling
chorus:
don't wanna lose this feeling
so i'll look the other way
all these moments definitely mean it
wanted all but all in chains
and now that i can have your heart
brigde:
you didn't see uhh you didn't need me, holding it onto
you...
you took your time just like you do
and now you see uhh and now you need me, holding it
onto you...
i am falling
chorus:
don't wanna lose this feeling
so i'll look the other way
all these moments definitely mean it
wanted all but all in chains
when i'm down i hear your voice
turning me around, i have no choice
but what if we're not good together?
if we go for it againg, go back
so what if we're not good together?
chorus:
don't wanna lose this feeling
so i'll look the other way
all these moments definitely mean it
Chains
My baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa-oh, these chains of love got a hold on me
Yeah
Chains
Well, I can't break away from these chains
I can't run around 'cause I'm not free
Whoa-oh, these chains of love won't let me be
Yeah
Now believe me when I tell you
I think you're fine
I'd like to love you
But, darling, I'm imprisoned by these
Chains
My baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa-oh, these chains of love got a hold on me
Yeah
I wanna tell you, pretty baby
Your lips look sweet
I'd like to kiss them
But I can't break away from all of these
Chains
My baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa-oh, these chains of love got a hold on me
Yeah
Chains
Chains of love
Chains of love
Before i was,i loved about youmy love is gone,then i
played you(3)
Chains
this is creeping up on me
it's not the way
i'd ever thought that i'd behave
it's like my system is corrupt
you've gotten through and seeped into my veins
look what you created in me
you got me out of control
i can play that role
is this what you wanted me to be
it was coming all along coming on strong
i hold you down ha ha
with my ch ch ch ch chains
hold you down
with my ch ch ch ch chains
don't be a fa fighter
it only gets ta tighter
down down with my ch ch ch ch ch ch chains
THIS BEGAN AS JUST A GAME
A FANTASY RIGHT FROM THE START
AUDITIONED AND I GOT THE PART
ARE YOU LIKIN’ WHAT YOU SEE
BEFORE IT WAS ALL ABOUT YOU
YOUR STRENGTH IS GONE
AND I PLAYED YOU
look what you created in me
you got me out of control
i can play that role
is this what you wanted me to be
it was coming all along coming on strong
i hold you down ha ha
with my ch ch ch ch chains
hold you down
with my ch ch ch ch chains
don't be a fa fighter
it only gets ta tighter
down down with my ch ch ch ch ch ch chains
put on the jacket yeah
put on the jacket yeah
put on the jacket
keep it straight keep it straight
down ha ha
with my ch ch ch ch chains
down ha ha
with my ch ch ch ch chains
down ha ha with my ch ch ch ch chains
i hold you down ha ha
with my ch ch ch ch chains
hold you down
with my ch ch ch ch chains
don't be a fa fighter
it only gets ta tighter
They say that I'm a dreamer
That makes me a believer
Even got it inked up on my arm
I've been thinking
I got a reason
Make a plan we'll start all over
See we all could be happy people
If we stop feeding our own egos
And live our lifes right where we are
Instead of where we wanna be
Are you ready to break these chains
Are you ready to fly away
We were made for more than this
Time is all we got to give
We don't have to live this way
Are you ready to break these chains
Ready to break these chains
This ain't no fairytale
I made life long friends in jail
I love them 'til the day I die
You remind me
A little of me
And there is nothing we can't change
See we all could be happy people
If we stop feeding our own egos
And live our lifes right where we are
Instead of where we wanna be
Are you ready to break these chains
Are you ready to fly away
We were made for more than this
Time is all we got to give
We don't have to live this way
Are you ready to break these chains
Are you ready to break these chains
I've been locked down chained to my own thoughts
Now I rock out break out my own box
I'm so blessed I'm so happy and so right
I'm fresh dressed my best vest is so tight
That's what I'm saying crazy in hole
Another lane that's amazing
Just to let you know yo I'm coming from the other side
Still I'll always be a kid in my mother's eyes
See we all could be happy people
If we stop feeding our own egos
And live our lifes right where we are
Instead of where we wanna be
Are you ready to break these chains
Are you ready to fly away
We were made for more than this
Time is all we got to give
We don't have to live this way
Are you ready to break these chains
Chains
The Cookies
Written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin
The Cookies, who were friends of Carole King and Gerry Goffin's babysitter, one
"Little" Eva Boyd. After they wrote "The Loco-Motion" for her, they wrote this for her
friends.
Peaked at # 17 in 1962
Later covered by the Beatles as an album track in 1964 [Beatles Please Please Me CD]
and also by co-songwriter Carole King in 1980 [Carole King Pearls CD].
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see-ee-ee-ee
Whoa, oh, it's chains of lo-o-ove
Got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, well, I can't break away from these chains
I can't run around 'cause I'm not free-ee-ee-ee
Whoa, oh, these chains of lo-o-ove
Won't let me be, yeah
Now, believe me when I tell you "I think you're fine"
I'd like to love you but, darling, I'm imprisoned by these
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see-ee-ee-ee
Whoa, oh, it's chains of lo-o-ove
Got a hold on me, yeah
I wanna tell you, pretty baby, "your lips look sweet"
I'd like to kiss them but I can't break away from all of these
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see-ee-ee-ee
Whoa, oh, it's chains of lo-o-ove
Got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, chains of lo-o-o-ove
FADE
Chains of lo-o-o-ove
CHAINS
(Shifrin/Marlette)
We shadow dance, you follow me, and that’s the way it has to be
‘Cause even though we’ve got no strings, you are tied to me
You never tried to turn away, unspoken touch to make you stay
And though it isn’t written in stone, you belong to me
And when we get this close in the night, the circle closes in uptight
And it’s like we’re in
Chains chains the kind that won’t break, invisible chains holding us together
Chains chains there’s nowhere to escape
I’m making you mine, I’m keeping you forever
Just like the wind you’re free to go, without your body or your soul
Oh you gave it to me long ago, you belong to me
And when we get this close in the night
Whoa whoa whoa, the circle closes in uptight, and it’s like we’re in
Chains chains the kind that won’t break, invisible chains holding us together
Chains chains there’s nowhere to escape
I’m making you mine, I’m keeping you forever
Chains chains the kind that won’t break, invisible chains holding us together
Chains chains there’s nowhere to escape
I’m making you mine, I’m keeping you forever
Chains chains the kind that won’t break, invisible chains holding us together
Chains chains there’s nowhere to escape
I’m making you mine, I’m keeping you forever
Can you hear me scream the windows are bursting
Am I awake or in a dream
Can someone wake me up and help me breathing
Am I moving or did I stop
Wake up darling where do you go today
Will I be able to find you - like yesterday
There you go and close the door
Will I be able to find you once more
Can you hear me scream the windows are bursting
Am I awake or in a dream
Can someone wake me up and help me breathing
Am I moving or did I stop
I follow you your footprints right in front of mine
Will I be able to find you this time
I try to hold it but my hand is frozen
Will I be able to find you again
Can you hear me scream the windows are bursting
Am I awake or in a dream
Can someone wake me up and help me breathing
Am I moving or did I stop
I can see the white clouds passing by
And though I feel the rain
The teardrops running from my eyes
And I forgot my name
Can you hear me scream the windows are bursting
Am I awake or in a dream
Can someone wake me up and help me breathing
We're free to do exactly what we're told
We're free to buy what we're sold
We're nothing more than slaves my dear
But our chains are made of gold
We're slaves, we're slaves, we're slaves
We're slaves, we're slaves, we're slaves
Though our chains are golden
They're still just fucking chains
We're free to do exactly what we're told
We're free to buy what we're sold
We're nothing more than slaves my dear
But our chains are made of gold
We're slaves, we're slaves, we're slaves
We're slaves, we're slaves, we're slaves
Though our chains are golden
These darkened walls
I dare not leave
I'd rather taste the suffering
Than to
Walk out unto the world with out knowing anything.
Lets sit back
I'm paniking
Separation anxiety
A whole new life
I step into
Paranoid
Lets just not leave lets just not.
What now?
Where should we go now
After this? after this?
What now
Where should we go now
After this
After this?
Lets just not leave,
Were lost now,
Were struggling, find our way out
Lets just not leave,
Were lost now,
Were struggling, find our way out
Lets just not leave,
Were lost now,
Were struggling, find our way out
I'm struggling, I'm struggling
Separation anxiety
A whole new life
Yeah.I step into
Paranoid
Lets just not leave lets just not.
Lets just not.
The optimist:
Controlled perception ignites our destiny
A brisk vision dances
In the body of dreams and liberty,
Errors are victims of external circumstances
The pessimist:
Errors are just a result of false hopes
In the chamber of actions
If you climb dreams with reality's ropes
Ambition will not drown in the sea of fiction
Contrapositions transmuted by the roller chain of attitudes
Transporting opinions in harmony with conscious moods
By the chains of death we're stigmatized,
Paralyzed,
Encircled by pernicious fire
By the chains of life we're mesmerized,
Hypnotized,
To embrace the element's choir
The optimist:
All the links are connected
With the magnetic pole of beauty
Where honesty is to be detected
By accepting the essence of ambiguity
The pessimist:
Beauty is a phenomenon to ease the pain,
Blue skies are just dots in the grey
Temporary illusions that will detain
You from living your life today
Are you able to manage your emotions?
Or are you climbing an imaginary tower
Do you watch reality through the window of erosion?
Chains
Chains
We console now you and I
I said hold me there
Hold me
Make the night roll magic
I will not fly away
So now make it, make it rain
Chains
Chains
I have wandered and I have found no reason that I can understand
Why all these boundaries return to where I am
So please break them
Make them break down into -
Chains
Chains
Make the night roll
And hold my hands up to your own
I'm like a man pitied and maimed
Sorrow won't lift our shame like these
Chains
Chains
Chains
Chains
Chains
(Allen, Gray, Cox)
Bass and Percussion Programming: Apollo 440.
Programming: Drostan Madden.
Voice: Claudia Fountaine.
I remember all the days before
And the faces full of love and laughter
But I've forgotten how to make it last
And the memories leave me struggling after
Something that was never real
A bitter taste to testify
Against the lies and terror, this redemption
Cannot be my last endeavor
To free me from these chains
I walk along the ocean again
And you're standing near the frantic water
But I cannot make it through the sand
And the fear of you, my only father
Leaves me crying out for hope and reason
Please, let my pain recede and show him
How to find a better way
