Chain Gang Video (MV)

When I was a young boy
I tried to understand
How when I was a grown up
I could be a better man
The bar was set so low
By the ones who went before me
As long as I was trying
I had somewhere I could go
But you can't break the chains that bind you
The harder you fight the more they pull
The mortar and the pestle are the ones that grind you
Into the bottom of the bowl
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
When I was a young man
I tried to play along
I followed all the rule books
And I marched to every song
Then one day I saw the song was
Written for someone else
Every time I danced along
I was pissing out my health
Whoa
You can't break the chains that bind you
Whoa
The harder you fight the more they pull
Whoa
The mortar and the pestle are the ones that grind you
Whoa
Into the bottom of the bowl
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
If you want me to
I would take you down with me
If you want me to
I would take you down with me
If you want me to
I would take you down with me
If you want me to
I would take you down with me
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
When I am an old man
Hope I sing a different tune
Stretched across the years
Where my fears did not come true
But if I'm stuck to the wheel
And the turning that goes on
Hope I find some peace of mind
Before I reached the great beyond
'Cause you can't break the chains that bind you
The harder you fight the more they pull
The mortar and the pestle are the ones that grind you
Into the bottom of the bowl
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh