"Every piece of you I saved" -you missed the 'you' there.
What at first sounded like a love song, is beginning to sound to me, upon more listens, like he's singing about and to the "mask" he mentions. He's afraid of leaving his cage where he is locked with his pretend self; afraid to go back to being real
"of who I was before", might be referring to who he was before he made the mask.
"I never asked to be the one to set me free" he has to make the choice to change; no one can make him do what he doesn't will himself.
In the same way, this could be about addition or sins. In fact, that's more likely of the two, given the themes of some of the other songs.
Just my thoughts; I'd like to see other opinions/answers because it's a beautiful song and I'd like to know about it.
@stickfigureparadise,
The album, "Of beauty and rage," tells a story. Check out the lyrics to the previous song, "Fight to Forget," because it will help make sense of this song.
I wrote a long meaning for this song on lyricsmode, which you can look up, since I'm having trouble pasting it here.
Overall, "Of these chains" is primarily a Christian song about the struggle inside of a person fighting sin and temptation.
@stickfigureparadise,
The album, "Of beauty and rage," tells a story. Check out the lyrics to the previous song, "Fight to Forget," because it will help make sense of this song.
I wrote a long meaning for this song on lyricsmode, which you can look up, since I'm having trouble pasting it here.
Overall, "Of these chains" is primarily a Christian song about the struggle inside of a person fighting sin and temptation.
"Every piece of you I saved" -you missed the 'you' there.
What at first sounded like a love song, is beginning to sound to me, upon more listens, like he's singing about and to the "mask" he mentions. He's afraid of leaving his cage where he is locked with his pretend self; afraid to go back to being real "of who I was before", might be referring to who he was before he made the mask. "I never asked to be the one to set me free" he has to make the choice to change; no one can make him do what he doesn't will himself. In the same way, this could be about addition or sins. In fact, that's more likely of the two, given the themes of some of the other songs. Just my thoughts; I'd like to see other opinions/answers because it's a beautiful song and I'd like to know about it.
@stickfigureparadise, The album, "Of beauty and rage," tells a story. Check out the lyrics to the previous song, "Fight to Forget," because it will help make sense of this song. I wrote a long meaning for this song on lyricsmode, which you can look up, since I'm having trouble pasting it here. Overall, "Of these chains" is primarily a Christian song about the struggle inside of a person fighting sin and temptation.
@stickfigureparadise, The album, "Of beauty and rage," tells a story. Check out the lyrics to the previous song, "Fight to Forget," because it will help make sense of this song. I wrote a long meaning for this song on lyricsmode, which you can look up, since I'm having trouble pasting it here. Overall, "Of these chains" is primarily a Christian song about the struggle inside of a person fighting sin and temptation.