Misery Chain

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'll 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 or around Anywhere you fear this Misery chain should be found And when we're gone And it's all said and done What will we leave The stories told Will they speak of us well God only knows What those words will be And if I should fall From the top of the world To the depths below So far below what I believed Could exist Down further still will be The one who hides the key And dares to try to put these misery chains on me And when we're gone And it's all said and done What will we leave The stories told Will they speak of us well God only knows What those words 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'll recognize it 'Til it's understood That every trace Of this misery chain Is gone for good 'Til every trace Of this misery chain Is gone