Back against the wall again Concrete floor, no prayers, no friend They said I’d break, said I’d fall Didn’t know I liked the gallows call Boot on neck since I was born Every promise ripped and torn So I took the pain and made it mine Forged it hot and drew the line You can tie me down HEAVY CHAINS Can’t hold what you can’t drown HEAVY CHAINS Every link I break gets loud Hear me screaming through the steel I’m the only thing that’s real Oh HEAVY CHAINS Whipped by kings and whipped by doubt Told myself I’d never bow So I wear the scars like battle crowns Burn your throne and take your crown You built the cage, I built the key In my blood is where I’m free Swing the hammer, hear it ring I’m the thunder when I sing You can tie me down HEAVY CHAINS Can’t hold what you can’t drown HEAVY CHAINS Every link I break gets loud Hear me screaming through the steel I’m the only thing that’s real Oh HEAVY CHAINS They told me: “Girl, you can’t, you won’t, you’ll fail” I told them: “Watch me rip and tear the veil” You build your walls so high and thick I climb with rage and break the brick I am not your martyr, not your sin I’m the fire where your fears begin Chains… chains… Break… break… Nothing holds me now… HEAVY CHAINS Try to hold me, feel the ground shake HEAVY CHAINS Every prison that you make I will turn it into dust In myself is all I trust Oh HEAVY CHAINS
