Flirting with suspicion Staring through the glass Another false transaction A production of the past. I was lost in fabrication The finish line was fixed The code was falling fast And it was stacking up like bricks I may never see you again It's a ball and chain With the golden handcuffs You can carry me away If I say my bad, you can trust in that Only one holds the keys To the ball and chain Cut that ball and chain Cut that ball and chain Cut that ball and chain Lost sense of direction Just a shadow in the haze My parasitic past life Halfway in a daze I saw that in a distance That portrait of the past Etched within an echo The first will be the last I may never see you again It's a ball and chain With the golden handcuffs You can carry me away If I say my bad, you can trust in that Only one holds the keys To the ball and chain Cut that ball and chain Cut that ball and chain Cut that ball and chain I may never see you again It's a ball and chain With the golden handcuffs You can carry me away If I say my bad, you can trust in that Only one holds the keys To the ball and chain