Cyclocosmia - Shackled

Waking frozen, bonded still
A living dream I can't depart
I'm only looking into me
The places that my thoughts can dart
Should I lie in wait until
I scream and pull myself apart?
A hundred eyes that I can't see
That locked the iron around my heart

A shattered shell of broken dreams
Stripped and bleeding on the floor
Wounds that never will wash clean
A rusted dagger through my core
Chains of iron hold my being
To face whatever is in store
The pain and anguish I have seen
The rope still hanging from the door

I am the weight that holds you down
Silence you without a sound
Your mouth is solid, frozen still
I am the iron that fights your will

Get your hands away from me
Your freezing fingers on my spine

Speak to me as if I care
Speak to me like I was there

Remove these bonds and set me free
Alone and hungry all this time
I am the freedom you can't find
Because I'm only in your mind

Get my hands away from me
My freezing fingers on my spine

Shackled to the Fear
Shackled to the Fear