Struck me today Hit me today in quite a different kind of way I likened myself to a bubble bumping in to more than double trouble Colliding till the bubble bursts Exposing all that tender skin When bouncing back and forth no longer functions How shall I cope Embrace the scope of all my sin Laugh not in vain for it is plain This life is more than just a superficial game Our feelings lain out on the slab Another soul you put down on your tab This sacrificial lamb bleats not in vain Get ready now Steady now Get ready steady now it's your turn to be slain The ball and chain The ball and chain is swinging round again And those like you I deemed to be my peers they dissipate Diluted now merely no more than empty spheres I count the years review the hollow laughter through these tears The ball and chain Ball and chain it smashes to and fro Cleaving shattering illusion with each passing blow Laying bare the true extent of just how much that I can count upon Your sweeping airs shallow judgements I now see beyond The ball and chain The ball and chain is swinging round again And those like you I deemed to be my peers they dissipate Diluted now merely no more than empty spheres I count the years review the hollow laughter through these tears The ball and chain Ball and chain it smashes to and fro Cleaving shattering illusion with each passing blow Laying bare the true extent of just how much that I can count upon Your sweeping airs shallow judgements I now see beyond The ball and chain Ball and chain demolishing illusion with each passing blow The merest hint the slightest sign Of discrepancy you turn your tail and run Making your excuses you put your tail between your legs you run You run