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Artist: Slash
Canonical path: /slash/chains-and-shackles
Related lyric paths: 6
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Chains and Shackles
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Chains and Shackles
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What makes you think I'm just a dog?
They don't listen (and obey)
Put away your short leash I'll get the fuckin' chain
So step aside (and I'll take control)
I’ll make right what you made wrong
I let it go too long
I realize that all of these
Chains and shackles feel more
Like ribbons and bows
Not keep me in locked
Fuck you, can't make me stay here
Fuck this, I won't bow to you
Fuck you, can't make me stay here
Fuck this, I won't bow to you
Bleeding cat on the floor
No fighting (all the time)
You can scream right in my face
I know your words mean nothing
You're just preaching (lies of faith)
I only listen to the demon in my mind
He's always there
He's always staying (leave you behind)
Chains and shackles feel more
Like a light summer dress
Like a river flooding wild
Fuck you can't make me stay here
Fuck this I won't bow to you
Fuck you can't make me stay here
Fuck this I won't bow to you
I'm gonna keep you away, 'cause now I'm building
Keep you away, 'cause now I'm building
Keep you away, 'cause now I'm building
A motherfucking… blow away!
Yeah
Fuck you can't make me stay here
Fuck this I won't bow to you
Fuck you can't make me stay here
Fuck this I won't bow to you
(No more chains to me)
Fuck this I won't bow to you
(No more shackles too)
Fuck this I won't bow to you!
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