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They chained me up just to hold me down

Abused and stripped of my crown

Taken my pride and my power

I was shut out to falsify

Another lash and the blood runs cold

Another one forever sold

Can't close my grip, can't hold on

Going numb, my feelings all but sold

My punishment

For all my sins

My punishment

Will never cease

The chains slip, I keep on hoping

But my strength drains, I am struggling

Confusing and tormenting

Reality keeps beckoning

Losing count of the days gone by

Wrists bloody from my chains

Please let me find a way to get out

Please let me break apart these binds

My punishment

For all my sins

My punishment

Will never cease

Locked in this cage

For what seems like an age

No light behind iron bars

Don't think I'll ever see the

Stars

I feel my strength returning

I feel the chains giving in

I feel the chains giving in

I've got to get away from here

My punishment

For all my sins

My punishment

Will never cease