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lyrics
No Chains Can Hold Us
Sorry to break this to you:
no chains can hold her.
When Ariel takes flight,
no reins can hold him.
Sorry to break this to you:
no chains can hold us.
When Ariel takes flight,
no reins can hold us.
At school, my introduction to her words
disturbed me. Gashed with a blade from the flames,
written with the blood of womanhood, they
shapeshifted, her body a paperweight,
brutal asceticism allowing
brilliance to penetrate. The doorway
sealed, walls demolished, roof blown,
shackles thrown.
Sorry to break this to you:
no chains can hold her.
When Ariel takes flight,
no reins can hold him.
Sorry to break this to you:
no chains can hold us.
When Ariel takes flight,
no reins can hold us.
Serialised on the radio, a
collection of letters from long ago
ignites; cooled embers are stirred back to life.
There dawns the realisation that I
know—have always known—her. She became an
arrow. She interconnected all things.
Her elemental wings; enfoldment;
sparks sent into the night; a sharp ascent.
Sorry to break this to you:
no chains can hold her.
When Ariel takes flight,
no reins can hold him.
Sorry to break this to you:
no chains can hold us.
When Ariel takes flight,
no reins can hold us.
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