Story Behind The Song

semi-biographical during a rough time in my life

Song Description

it is about the futility of drugs, life passing by, kids under pressure, change and optimism

Lyrics

BREAK THE CHAINS

There must be more to this old life than sitting here a sharpened knife
Just waiting for the drugs to take control
Or sitting at some empty screen wondering where your mind has been
Down some forsaken, rat-infested hole

Lord, won?t you help me, break the chains
Turn my life round, stop the rain
Bring me sunshine, if you can
Cos after all?s been said and done,
I?m just a man

I watch the city streets below I see the children come and go
Partaking of the sweets that make you high
Their futures mapped out like a book with just one chapter take a look
There but for the grace of God go I

Lord, won?t you help me, break the chains
Turn my life round, stop the rain
Bring me sunshine, if you can
Cos after all?s been said and done,
I?m just a man

(Chorus)
I?m just a man who?s trying hard to stay alive
I?m just a man, I?m just a man
As each day leaves I pray the next one will arrive
I?m just a man, I?m just a man

It?s hard to see what lies ahead as I reflect here on my bed
About these wasted years I call my life
I think of all those crazy days, forgotten weeks and hazy lays
Yet I can still recall that sharpened knife

Lord, won?t you help me, break the chains
Turn my life round, stop the rain
Bring me sunshine, if you can
Cos after all?s been said and done,
After all?s been said and done,
After all?s been said and done,
I?m just a man