Misery Chain

Album: Higher Truth (2013)
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  • Won't you take one link from this misery chain?
    Keep it to remind you of a long forgotten time or a place
    So that you recognize its shape when it's near
    Any time or place this misery chain should appear

    Take the locks and shackles, and melt all of it down
    Shine a light upon every shadow, every acre of ground
    The hidden corners on, in, or around
    Anywhere you feel this misery chain should be found

    And when we're gone, and it's all said and done
    What will we leave?
    The stories told, will they speak of us well?
    God only knows what those words will be

    And if I should fall from the top of the world
    To the depths below, so far below what I believed could exist
    Down further still will be the one who hides the key
    And dares to try to put these misery chains on me

    And when we're gone, and it's all said and done
    What will we leave?
    The stories told, will they speak of us well?
    God only knows what those words will be

    Won't you take one link from this misery chain?
    Keep it to remind you of a long forgotten time or a place
    So that you'll recognize it, 'til it's understood
    That every trace of this misery chain is gone for good
    'Til every trace of this misery chain
    Is gone Writer/s: Chris Cornell
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • KazajhodoNo reason to feel stupid about thinking it sounded like Sinatra, it does. I thought the same thing and thought it was a remake. Thats how I got here. I'm actually shocked its not, theres no way he didn't pull from Sinatra influence.
  • Sandra Morrison from San DiegoThis song has a 'Frank Sinatra' feel to it. Seriously, I thought it WAS a remake.
    Wholly cow- do I feel STUPID!
    I LOVE Chris.
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