Run as slow as you can 'cause the chains won't go away The ground is cold but it is safe Settle down, it says, don't crave And when the night falls I leave the pain And when the stage glows I feel the same We become the same wood And then I leave the place I walk away Settle down, it says, don't crave I never walked where you grew up And now I can't stop to wonder what It would be like to stand in your street Where your roots break my deceit And when the night falls I leave the pain And when the stage glows I feel the same We become the same wood And then And when the night falls I leave the pain And when the stage glows I feel the same We become