Won't you take one link
From this misery chain
Keep it to remind you
Of a long forgotten time or a place
So that you recognize
Its shape, when it's near
Any time or place this
Misery chain should appear

Take the locks and shackles
And melt all of it down
Shine a light upon
Every shadow
Every acre of ground
The hidden corners
On in all around
Anyway you feel this
Misery chain should be found

When we're gone
And it's all said and done
What will we leave
Stories told, will they speak
Of us when God only knows
That those word will be

And if I should fall
From the top of the world
To the depths below
So far below where our believe could exist
Down further still will be
The one who hides the key
And there's to try to put
These misery chains on me

When we're gone
And it's all said and done
What will we leave
Stories told, will they speak
Of us when God only knows
That those word will be

Won't you take one link
From this misery chain
Keep it to remind you
Of a long forgotten time or a place
So that you recognize it
'Till it's understood
And that every trace of
This misery chain is gone for good
'Til every trace of
This misery chain is gone for good