Same Old Chains

SAME OLD CHAINS

WRITTEN BY J.R HILTON

2018

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT

TELL ME WHAT I'M SEEING ISN'T REAL

EVERYBODY SELLING OUT

GUESS I SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED

BUY INTO GREED

THE MORE YOU HAVE THE MORE YOU NEED

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO

THEY'VE ALREADY GOT TO YOU

THEY'VE GOT US SO DIVIDED

WE CAN'T GET TOGETHER

TO TAKE BACK OUR WORLD

LOOKING OUT AT A WORLD THAT'S NOT FREE

YOU'RE STILL WEARING THE SAME OLD CHAINS

WEIGHING HEAVY ON MY MIND

WHEN I COME BACK WHAT WILL I FIND

POOR BOY ON THE CORNER

BUT NEVER MIND

HE'S PLAYING HIS GUITAR

HE'LL BE FINE

EVERYONE WALKS ON BY

NOBODY CARES

 AS LONG AS THE HEARTACHES NOT THEIRS

PEOPLE ALL WALKING AROUND

THEY ALL HAVE THEIR SIGHT

BUT MOST CAN'T SEE

BLINDED BY MISPLACED TRUST

GO AHEAD AND KEEP FOOLING YOURSELF

IF YOU MUST

BUT THAT'S NOT FOR ALL OF US 

WE THINK, WE LEAD

WE ARE STRONG, STEADY ON

SEE YOUR LIES

 WITH ONE LOOK IN YOUR EYES

KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE

YOU THINK THERE'S NOTHING WRONG

AS LONG AS YOU CAN TURN YOUR TV ON

THOROUGHLY DUMBED DOWN

LIVING IN THE DARK

IN CHAINS THEY CAN'T SEE

CAUGHT UP IN THE ILLUSION

THAT THEY ARE FREE

I COULD JUST THROW MY HANDS

UP IN THE AIR

YOU CAN'T HELP THEM

THERE'S TOO MANY GOING NOWHERE

DRINK YOUR DIET COKE

 AND WATCH YOUR FAKE NEWS

WHILE EVERYTHING IS FALLING DOWN

CRUMBLING AROUND YOUR TV

WHILE YOU GE THE LATEST FEED

SOME NEW DRUG THAT CAN

MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE NOT HERE

IF IT DOESN'T KILL YOU FIRST

THEY SWEAR IT'S WORTH THE RISK

TELL ME THIS ISN'T REAL

I DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT MAKES ME FEEL