Chains - Intellectual

[Chorus: Daniel Merriweather]

Break your chains, young man

And run

Away

Break your chains, young man

And run

Away

[Verse 1: Phrase]

Hey, Nate, I know you're up there listenin’, man

I hope you're straight, ‘cause I'm feelin’ kinda twisted, man

The cards they dealt us last year, bro, they really sucked

How the fuck can one hand bring such bad luck?

If this is karma, then I'm tryna think o' things we did

To cost a life, the life of young Nathan Smith

Eye for an eye, it's a painful injustice

You never hurt a fly, and in God you really trusted

So I don't understand why he called your number out

I wish at least he had of let you see the summer out

You would've flipped, me and Chaddy rocked a show with Snoop

Wished you were there, so we dedicated songs to you

It's not the same, since you left, things are different, mate

Chaddy's moved to Perth and Danny’s livin’ in the states

We're separated, but we’ll never let the memories fade

The day you broke the chains and taught us how to run again

[Chorus: Daniel Merriweather]

Break your chains, young man

And run

Away

Break your chains, young man

And run

Away

[Verse 2: Phrase]

It's funny how they say you take for granted what you've got

Until it's gone and ‘til your friend dies and you write a song

About their life and how unfair it is it finished unfulfilled

And then you realize if they coulda had the chance to write a will

They woulda wished for you to chase your dreams and really make a move

Instead of getting drunk and talkin’ ‘bout the things we'd never do

I'm gonna prove this year, the life we lost was for the cause

The coffin shuts, but it seems to open other doors

When opportunities arise, now I snatch them up

I wasted twenty-five and finally feel I'm catchin' up

It's werid, mate, it's like the puzzle's really matchin' up

And I don't feel that we could ever tell you thanks enough

So ‘til we meet again, a message from the boys and me

We truly miss you, mate, and hope you found the place to be

To us, you left the game and kinda took the sun away

And in return, we learnt to break the chains and run away

[Chorus: Daniel Merriweather]

Break your chains, young man

And run

Away

Break your chains, young man

And run

Away

[Hook: Daniel Merriweather]

And away

Run away

[Bridge: Daniel Merriweather]

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