I've got chains hanging on to me
These chains making sure I'm never free
But one of these days these chains might get to me
I'll leave them behind and I'll be free

Thinking about, and looking back on my constraint
The strength of it begins to fade
And the freedom of believing
Is what lights my way
Staying here and never leaving
Locks me away
Some chains are made of steel
Some made of what people say
And are linked up weakly
And under pressure give way

There's chains broken at my feet
And change is swelling up inside of me
These days I feel nothing but free
And that won't change
As far as I can see

But better not stop there
'Cause without staying aware
You could read a newspaper column
Without thinking where it came from
And start picturing a world where
Things are nothing like what's out there