Everything crashed, his wife left him   He lost all his money and most of his friends   He lay awake all night, lonely and desperate   Contemplating, starting again      These chains are all your own   These chains are comfortable      Four in the morning, sat in the kitchen   Keys on the table, went out for a drive   He didn't know where he was going   He didn't know if he was alive      The dawn was breaking, a new day was rising   Shadows creepin' over the fields   He watched the pink light steal across the horizon   He realized, he saw with new eyes      These chains are all your own   These chains are comfortable   This cage was never locked   Born free but scared to be      These chains are all your own   These chains are comfortable   These chains were never locked   Born free but scared to be      This cage was made for you   With care and constant attention   This cage is safe and warm, will you die   And never know what it's like outside?      Outside, outside, these chains, these chains