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Artist: Duran Duran
Canonical path: /duran-duran/chains
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Chains
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Chains
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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
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...
chains...chains...chains...
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