The story of our struggle to shed the chains of pain and our past. This is the story of all our journey to waling in freedom with Jesus
Story behind the song
We were asked by our pastor at Flatirons Community Church to compose a song for a series he put together called "RANSOM", which tells the story of the Exodus from Egypt into the promised land. We put the song together and ended up telling the story of our own person exodus from the slavery of sin, shame and pain into freedom in a life with Jesus Christ.
Lyrics
(INTRO -DENNIS)
It's been so long I can't remember when
I first put on these chainz I'm wearin or how it all began
I used to dream I would dream of living life so free
But I've been locked down 4 so so long these chainz are apart of me
(INTRO-TONY)
And I don't wanna let em go
They're the only way of life that I really know
I know there's something more but this is comfortable
And even though there's pain its predictable
I just don't know what imma do
Without these chainz how will I make it through
Where will I go, who will I run to
I don't know what to do
I'm scared of tryin something new
Most of all I'm scared of trusting you
(CHORUS)
I've been bound up for so long this is all I know,
If I were set free right now what would I do where would I go,
There's a man with the key waiting for me to call out his name,
But the pain & the shame lets the silence remain so he can't break these chainz
(1ST VERSE)
I've been enslaved & imprisoned
A captive in this dark world that I was given
I don't know what I'm missin, but I know this isn't livin
Cuz I've been locked down since the very beginnin
And now I'm just a slave to the sinnin,
And I can hear the freedom song but I don't wanna listen,
Cuz once I'm free my life has gotta be different
And honestly- I've grown accustomed to this prison
Institutionalized- the devils grinnin,
Got me feeling like redemption is forbidden
But somewhere deep within I wanna be forgiven
I wanna call on the name of the one who has arisen
I wanna be set free & walk out in the Son
I wanna take these shackles off my feet so I can run
But I'm so afraid of the unknown that is to come
So cautiously Ill ask the one who said its done- "Please break these chainz!"
(CHORUS)
I've been bound up for so long that was all I knew,
Ive been set free now the old me has been made brand new,
The man with the key paid the price for me, now he knows my name,
And the pain & the shame no longer remain since he took my broken chainz
(2ND VERSE)
Now that I'm pardoned I can finally breathe,
No longer a slave, yeah I've been redeemed,
But some days it feels like it was all a dream,
Cuz I can still hear my chainz callin out for me,
And sometimes it feels like I'm wanderin,
And I start to long for the dark again,
And I doubt & distrust your promises,
But you're always right there with me,
And when I fall you pick me back up again,
You clean me up & feed me when I'm hungerin,
I don't need that fire in the sky,
To trust you with my life you're my El Shadai,
And where you lead me I'll go...I will follow you,
And if I'm lost in the desert then Imma call on you,
You broke the chainz of this broken man,
& turned my desert sand into the promised land...I thank you!
(CHORUS)
I've been bound up for so long that was all I knew,
Ive been set free now the old me has been made brand new,
The man with the key paid the price for me, now he knows my name,
And the pain & the shame no longer remain since he took my broken chainz
And the pain & the shame no longer remain (x4)