Chains and Shadows

[Verse]
Shackled in the night, cold iron's my embrace
Every step echoes fear, ain't got no safe place
Sweat and tears blend, carving pain in stone
Fingers raw and broken, wish I could leave, roam

[Verse 2]
Fields stretch endless, dreams buried beneath
Voices call for mercy, no room to breathe
Lashes cut deep, carving tales on my back
Every night prayin', but freedom's what I lack

[Chorus]
Chains weigh heavy, down to the bone
Spirit cries nightly, heart turnin' to stone
Grinding in the darkness, hope hard to keep
When will the dawn come, break the chains, free the weep

[Verse 3]
Master's whip crack, breaking dawn with the pain
Under cruel sun, in the sorrow and rain
Singing songs of sorrow, to forgotten skies
Eyes lost in yesterdays, no more tears to cry

[Bridge]
Ain't no stars in this dark, just shadows and moans
Bloodied hands prayin', for a freedom unknown
Journeys long and weary, bound in terror's hold
Future ain't certain, dreams bought and sold

[Chorus]
Chains weigh heavy, down to the bone
Spirit cries nightly, heart turnin' to stone
Grinding in the darkness, hope hard to keep
When will the dawn come, break the chains, free the weep