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Sweet Chains
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Intro
Screens glow blue in a darkened room, Thumbs scroll fast, don’t ask “why” or “who.” Couch too soft, world on mute, Bars feel free when the cage feels cute.
Verse 1
They said chains would clank, iron on wrists, But now it’s velvet ropes and infinite lists. Auto-play dreams while the hours dissolve, Got every answer but don’t wanna solve. Comfort food for the mind, microwave truth, Quick hit joy with a long-term proof. No sirens, no guns, no martial law, Just laugh tracks loud so we don’t hear the flaw.
Pre-chorus
If it feels good, we never ask the price, Trade depth for ease, do it twice, then thrice.
Chorus
Sweet chains, don’t rattle when you move, Feels like freedom, but it ain’t the truth. Sweet chains, sugar on the brain, If it don’t hurt a little, it might be a chain.
Verse 2
Scroll is the syringe, drip dopamine slow, Every tap say “yes,” never “no.” Bought a new self with a digital grin, Still feel hollow when the silence kicks in. Old thinkers warned us, pleasure as control, Keep ’em entertained, you can keep the soul. Desire dressed up as liberty’s flag, While meaning gets light, folded, and bagged.
Bridge 1
Silence feels heavy ’cause we forgot its weight, Discomfort the door we refuse to face. Freedom ain’t cozy, it asks for your spine, Stand up straight in uncomfortable time.
Verse 3
I ain’t anti-joy, I’m anti-numb, Big difference there, let me show where I’m from. Pause before impulse, breathe through the itch, That moment right there? That’s where you get rich. Choose pleasures that ask you to show up whole, Read, build, love, put skin in the soul. Life expands when you sit with the ache, That’s a real deep breath, not a break you fake.
Chorus
Sweet chains, don’t rattle when you move, Feels like freedom, but it ain’t the truth. Sweet chains, sugar on the brain, If it don’t hurt a little, it might be a chain.
Bridge 2
Ask every habit, “What you replacing?” My life get bigger or slowly erasin’? Easy ain’t evil, but easy can lie, Real costs something, that’s the price of “I.”
Chorus
Sweet chains, yeah they shine like gold, Smile so wide but they keep you cold. Sweet chains, break ’em with your name, Say it out loud, you ain’t built for chains.
Chorus
Sweet chains, don’t rattle when you move, Feels like freedom, but it ain’t the truth. Sweet chains, sugar on the brain, If it don’t hurt a little, it might be a chain.
Outro
Freedom ain’t loud, it don’t beg or scream, It whispers “choose” in between the extremes. Question the pleasure before it replaces, That’s how you walk out of invisible cages.
Inside the recording
Screens glow blue in a darkened room, Thumbs scroll fast, don’t ask “why” or “who.”
If it feels good, we never ask the price, Trade depth for ease, do it twice, then thrice.
Freedom ain’t loud, it don’t beg or scream, It whispers “choose” in between the extremes.
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Song record
Published facts.
- Release date of this source
- January 16, 2026
- This source on YouTube · Eastern
- January 15, 2026
- Playlist addition · Eastern
- January 16, 2026
- Duration
- 3:57
- YouTube views
- 199
- Catalog source video ID
- xdvY4C-m6UY
Original Music Diary
Where this song entered the catalog.
- Release type
- Single
- Date added
- December 22, 2025
- Status
- live