This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Unchain my heart
Baby set me free
Unchain my heart
'Cause you don't care about me
Everyday I call you on the phone
Somebody tell me that you're not at home
So unchain my heart
Baby set me free
Unchain my heart
Baby let me go
Unchain my heart
'Cause you don't love me no more no-no
When I think I got you on my line
You tell me
Baby I don't have a time
So unchain my heart
Baby set me free
I'm under your spell
Like a man in a trance
And I know darn well
That I don't stand a chance
2
Playing
With little pictures that my mind sends
Counting the moments as my world ends
All I remembered are the bad times
And its chewing away at my insides
When you looked that way
Oh I knew you wanted to hurt
You killed all of my dreams
With your black, black heart
Breathing
All I remembered was your breathing
Heavy and low
As you told me to go
You became the figure in my bad dreams
I became the figure in your dark schemes
When you looked that way
Oh I knew you wanted to hurt
You killed all of my dreams
With your black, black heart
When you looked that way
Oh I knew you wanted to hurt
You killed all of my dreams
With your black, black heart
3
First you love me
And then you leave me
You get angry then reprieve me
I'll be happy
When you finally
Take my heart
I could let you
Come to get you
You would own me if I let you
But the worst is to forget you
Take my heart
But my crying
Is steaming all the windows
Flooding all the floors
You could hear me from here to who knows where
I'm gonna board up those windows
I'm gonna barricade those doors
'Til you come and take my heart
Come and take me now
But my crying
Is steaming all the windows
Flooding all the floors
You could hear me from here to who knows where
I'm gonna board up those windows
I'm gonna barricade those doors
'Til you come and take my heart
Come and take me now
Unchain my heart
Baby set me free
Unchain my heart
'Cause you don't care about me
Everyday I call you on the phone
Somebody told me that you're not at home
So unchain my heart
Baby set me free
Oh Baby set me free
Oh Baby set me free
Oh Baby set me free
Yeah
Baby set me free
Unchain my heart
'Cause you don't care about me
Everyday I call you on the phone
Somebody tell me that you're not at home
So unchain my heart
Baby set me free
Unchain my heart
Baby let me go
Unchain my heart
'Cause you don't love me no more no-no
When I think I got you on my line
You tell me
Baby I don't have a time
So unchain my heart
Baby set me free
I'm under your spell
Like a man in a trance
And I know darn well
That I don't stand a chance
2
Playing
With little pictures that my mind sends
Counting the moments as my world ends
All I remembered are the bad times
And its chewing away at my insides
When you looked that way
Oh I knew you wanted to hurt
You killed all of my dreams
With your black, black heart
Breathing
All I remembered was your breathing
Heavy and low
As you told me to go
You became the figure in my bad dreams
I became the figure in your dark schemes
When you looked that way
Oh I knew you wanted to hurt
You killed all of my dreams
With your black, black heart
When you looked that way
Oh I knew you wanted to hurt
You killed all of my dreams
With your black, black heart
3
First you love me
And then you leave me
You get angry then reprieve me
I'll be happy
When you finally
Take my heart
I could let you
Come to get you
You would own me if I let you
But the worst is to forget you
Take my heart
But my crying
Is steaming all the windows
Flooding all the floors
You could hear me from here to who knows where
I'm gonna board up those windows
I'm gonna barricade those doors
'Til you come and take my heart
Come and take me now
But my crying
Is steaming all the windows
Flooding all the floors
You could hear me from here to who knows where
I'm gonna board up those windows
I'm gonna barricade those doors
'Til you come and take my heart
Come and take me now
Unchain my heart
Baby set me free
Unchain my heart
'Cause you don't care about me
Everyday I call you on the phone
Somebody told me that you're not at home
So unchain my heart
Baby set me free
Oh Baby set me free
Oh Baby set me free
Oh Baby set me free
Yeah
Lyrics submitted by Shoot_Me
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