Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Sit there thinking in your room
You feel the pressure
You're goin' crazy too
The walls around you closin' in
You need a change
Claustrophobic feeling scared
You need somebody
But no one seems to care
A one way ticket, a change of pace
You've had enough
Can't take no more
Breaking the chains around you
Nobody else can bind you
Take a good look around you
Now you're breaking the chains
Got this letter, came today
From my baby who left me yesterday
Said she loves me, she'll come back
She wants to try
I won't let her, she'll be upset
I know it's better than something I'll regret
She's been dishonest and insincere
I lost my mind twenty times a year
Breaking the chains around me
Nobody else can bind me
Take a good look around me
Now I'm breaking the chains
Woke up today, I'm alone
I look around, but baby, you were gone
But I don't mind and I don't worry
I will survive
I'm alone now that you're gone
Don't need nobody
To hold or tie me down
I broke the chains
So let me be, I've gotta be free
Breaking the chains around me
Nobody else can bind me
Take a good look around me
Now I'm breaking the chains
Breaking the chains around me
Nobody else can bind me
Take a good look around me
Now I'm breaking the chains
You feel the pressure
You're goin' crazy too
The walls around you closin' in
You need a change
Claustrophobic feeling scared
You need somebody
But no one seems to care
A one way ticket, a change of pace
You've had enough
Can't take no more
Breaking the chains around you
Nobody else can bind you
Take a good look around you
Now you're breaking the chains
Got this letter, came today
From my baby who left me yesterday
Said she loves me, she'll come back
She wants to try
I won't let her, she'll be upset
I know it's better than something I'll regret
She's been dishonest and insincere
I lost my mind twenty times a year
Breaking the chains around me
Nobody else can bind me
Take a good look around me
Now I'm breaking the chains
Woke up today, I'm alone
I look around, but baby, you were gone
But I don't mind and I don't worry
I will survive
I'm alone now that you're gone
Don't need nobody
To hold or tie me down
I broke the chains
So let me be, I've gotta be free
Breaking the chains around me
Nobody else can bind me
Take a good look around me
Now I'm breaking the chains
Breaking the chains around me
Nobody else can bind me
Take a good look around me
Now I'm breaking the chains
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Breaking the Chains Lyrics as written by George Lynch Don Dokken
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