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A Hart With a Crown and Chain Lyrics
the night she finally fled she ran until her feet bled
she felt the shadows creep but kept just ahead
memories of its hold. She thought she'd been so bold
she felt the chain was gone she thought that it was over
but now she's longing for the gold that used to hold her
tethered to the ground, her footing wasn't found
white and vain, a hart with a crown and chain
sweet and pained a hart with a crown and chain
will never escape again
and now that she is turned loose and now that she is turned free
and now that she is is all she was supposed to be
she'd dream of capture in the night
she knew she wouldn't fight
white and plain a hart with a crown and chain
sweet and pained a hart with a crown and chain
will never escape again
the night that she was caught she didn't cry she didn't struggle
she felt the tightness round her chest, knew it best
feet stuck to the ground
she didn't make a sound
white and plain a hart with a crown and chain
sweet and pained a hart with a crown and chain
will never escape again
white and plain a hart with a crown and chain
sweet and pained a hart with a crown and chain
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will never escape again.
will never escape again.
she'll never escape again.
she felt the shadows creep but kept just ahead
she felt the chain was gone she thought that it was over
tethered to the ground, her footing wasn't found
sweet and pained a hart with a crown and chain
will never escape again
and now that she is is all she was supposed to be
she'd dream of capture in the night
she knew she wouldn't fight
sweet and pained a hart with a crown and chain
will never escape again
she felt the tightness round her chest, knew it best
feet stuck to the ground
she didn't make a sound
sweet and pained a hart with a crown and chain
will never escape again
sweet and pained a hart with a crown and chain
will never escape again.
she'll never escape again.
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To me this song is a metaphor for freedom and the unforeseen consequences of being independent. I think the hart represents someone who has been raised and kept like a decorative pet. The crown and chain are symbols of status, that is, it's someone who is kept in a very luxurious and comfortable setting but feels trapped by the conventions and obligations that it entails. A hart is a deer that was typically hunted by the wealthy rulers of medieval England for sport. In this song I think it's used to describe a beautiful woman who is merely kept around for some rich guy's entertainment. When she finally gets up the courage to leave this lifestyle and tries to make it on her own, she discovers it's harder than she previously thought it would be to find her place in the world, since she only knows how to be decorative and exist at the whim of someone else. She doesn't really know what to do with her independence. She ends up giving up and letting herself "be captured" again in order to return to the familiarity of her old life.