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I may be blind
But I can see
And I'm as helpless
As you'll leave me be
One thousand voices
Won't make a sound
These chains
Won't keep me down

And I'll be scorned
Be named a fool
And I'll be broken
By what I do
I may be owned
I may be bound
But chains
Won't keep me down

Well you can bind me to my labour
You can bond me to your will
But every man’s a brother
Made with bonds of blood and sin
Well these shackles are the product
Of a thousand hands at work
Well the man who lights the fire
And the man who digs the earth

And you can drag me to my sorrow
You can lay me in the ground
And you can cut me from my kinship
For my soul will not be bound
And you can scourge me with the lashes
Oh of misery and shame
But you’ll never hold me down
Not with anger not with chains
Oh these chains
Won’t keep me down

And when I’m tired
And when I’m hurt
Chains take me higher
Chains are my worth
Oh for this fire
Can never burn
Oh the freedom
For which I yearn

Well you can turn me on my brothers
You can cut me with your steel
But I’m righteous and unyielding
And I’m master of my will
You can pity me or hound me
For my sorrow brings no shame
For my spirit’s flying freer
Than my ill-begotten name
Oh Chains
Bring me down

credits

from Live at the Wheatsheaf, track released September 4, 2011
Ross McHenry (Bass) Kevin Van der Zwaag (Drums) Brenton Foster (Hammond) Steve Salvi (Pedal/Lap Steel) Lachlan "Randy" Ridge (Guitar) Max McHenry (Vocals and Guitar) Tara Lynch (backing vocals) Naomi Keyte (backing vocals) Laura Knowling (backing vocals)

All songs written by Max McHenry except Douglas written by Max McHenry, Ross McHenry and Lachlan Ridge

Produced by Ross McHenry

All tracks recorded live at the Wheatsheaf International Hotel, May 28th 2011 by Tom Barnes.

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Beloved by fans and relatively unknown beyond their hometown of Adelaide, South Australia, Max Savage and the False Idols have developed a reputation for explosive live performances and thoughtfully assembled recordings over more than a decade of music. ... more

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