Chains

It started as a thread so thin I couldn't even feelJust a flaxen cord around my wrist, it didn't seem that realJust a little thing I kept, just a secret I could hideBut every time I gave it room, another cord got tied

Now the thread's become a chain, and the chain's become a loadAnd I'm draggin' iron behind me down the enemy's road

I can't swing a swordWith these chains upon my handsCan't stand in the army of the LordStill bound in the devil's bandsSo I'm layin' down the sinThat I swore I'd never lose'Cause a man can't serve two mastersAnd it's time for me to choose

Pride, that was the first link, and anger was the nextThen a screen at midnight and the lies that I told bestI kept 'em all so quiet, kept 'em hidden from the lightAnd I wondered why the Spirit felt so far away at night

Then I read about a king who bowed down weepin' on the floorSaid, "I'll give away my sins to know Thee" — I can't carry mine no more

I can't swing a swordWith these chains upon my handsCan't stand in the army of the LordStill bound in the devil's bandsSo I'm layin' down the sinThat I swore I'd never lose'Cause a man can't serve two mastersAnd it's time for me to choose

Awake and arise from the dustShake off the chains that bindCome forth from where you've hiddenAnd leave the dark behind

Now I can swing a swordWith nothin' on my handsI'm standin' in the army of the LordFree of the devil's bandsI gave away my sins to know HimEvery link and every chainNow I'm valiant in the battleAnd I'll never be bound again

I left 'em in the dustLet 'em rust where they layI'm marchin' with the army nowAnd I ain't comin' back this way