This one's for the idle unfounded For the honest man free of the plain Conception to grave From pharaoh to slave We all take part in the game It's as old as it's sacred and lauded By the fairest who champion its case Can keep your feet grounded Leave others astounded Absolve you when you fall from grace Every insult you cried Every time it's replied Every compliment you won't stand fine We may think that we're free In every degree But we're just in a chain by design If the mind is able to reason Then surely I'm the one in control But at 'em oh at 'em keep passing the baton Uncertainty taking its toll And I wish that I'd done something different Maybe I'm determined to rue This lit cigarette means I still regret I'm just predetermined to Every aspect of life Through relation and strife This mortal coil's oddly divine We may think that we're free In every degree But we're just in a chain by design Every footstep I place Every dream that I chase Can somewhere be traced down the line You can influence me But you'll always be A product of things preassigned We may think that we're free In every degree But we're just in a chain by design We're just in a chain by design