Broken Chains

I remember the warden and the lock and the keys
I remember the chains

I’ll give you my time if you feed me
I’ll give you my soul if you give me hope

And I’ll forgo friends and family
While you make merry with yours

And I will not sleep
And I will not laugh
And I will not ask when and why
For I know my place

These chains I have broken
I’m free now, but I remember

I remember your hold
And your rules and your ways and your authority
And I remember how I bowed obediently
But now I’m free

The keys are mine and the chains broken
Am I then to become a prisoner of my own freedom
As this you once foretold

I remember the warden and the lock and the keys

So today I will sing and not be quiet
So today I will dance and be silly
I will laugh with friends
Share tears of joy and pain with the ones I love

And if one day I should forget
If I forget the warden and the lock and the keys

I pray I never forget my chains
My freedom was born of these broken chains