I sit and I watch the world go by
Sometimes the view could make you cry
But hope survives and still remains
For prisoners of the silver chain
There are two kinds of prison walls
The ones that stand and those that fall
Until we feel each other's pain
We're prisoners of the silver chain
Oh, doesn't anybody see
Oh, we'll be what we want to be
And when we try we're so much more
Too many souls have taken flight
And those that don't remain to fight
The battle in my soul is plain
To the prisoners of the silver chain
The chains will confine and bind us all
If we don't hear our brother's call
Sometimes the sun's obscured by rain
For prisoners of the silver chain
Oh, doesn't anybody see
Oh, we'll be what we want to be
And when we try we're so much more
For prisoners of the silver chain