Shackles

He's looking in the mirror but he looks so blank!
He lost his fucking will to smile, dunno how to get it back!
The bags under his eyes have gone from grey to black!
He used to sleep in harmony, but peace is something that he lacks!

The scars on his heart, those mother fuckers won't stop itching!
The voices in his head, won't quiet their infernal bitching!
Swallow these pills that taste like shit, will they make him sleep?
Well when your life is this fucked up, there is no peace!

These shackles!
(I carry every day!)
Won't loosen!
(They just get heavier!)
Why won't they just
(Can't they just)
Get away?
These shackles!
(I carry every day!)
Won't loosen!
(They just get heavier!)
Why won't they just
(Can't they just)
Get away from me!

So what to do at night when no pills will bring you joy?
Look at your own life and see all you've destroyed!
I've been having this feeling since I was a little boy!
Born in the darkness, and raised in the void!

I'm way too tired to do anything!
Got so many plans but nothing is happening!
Drowning in obligations, no one can count on me!
So I just dig into the mattress and forget that I exist!
These shackles!
(I carry every day!)
Won't loosen!
(They just get heavier!)
Why won't they just
(Can't they just)
Get away?
These shackles!
(I carry every day!)
Won't loosen!
(They just get heavier!)
Why won't they just
(Can't they just)
Get away from me!

They tell me I should turn to God, but there's no God that I believe in!
My life is in my hands but I'm too weak to hold it!
Anxiety is brewing up, dunno how to control it!

It's just another fraud!
There's nothing to put my faith in!
I don't think the world has ever looked this grey!
Maybe the sun shot itself and we're all here to stay!

In the end, we all fall down!
We all fall down!
These shackles!
(I carry every day!)
Won't loosen!
(They just get heavier!)
Why won't they just
(Can't they just)
Get away?
These shackles!
(I carry every day!)
Won't loosen!
(They just get heavier!)
Why won't they just
(Can't they just)
Get away from me!

Get away from me!