These Chains Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jetpackbat 

Cover art for These Chains lyrics by Hot Chip

This is a song about how the things that tie you down can actually set you free if you let them, as demonstrated in: "These chains you bound around my heart complete me." Additionally "I would not be free" he's saying that without being bound to women he's with, it would be impossible to be truly free. Basically he's challenging the idea of freedom, and what makes an individual free.

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