Lyrics to
Throw The Chains Away

Released by Reo Speedwagon in 1974
From the Album: Lost In A Dream |

This version of Throw The Chains Away was released by Reo Speedwagon in 1974.

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I’ll be your builder, skilled at the tasks you ask
I’ll be you sinner baby, allowing my soul to be sold
But I’m drawing the line there woman
I ain’t takin’ no more abuse
I’ll be puttin’ my foot down and then
Throw the chains away

Locked in your prison, much too late for escape
Your walls are closin’ in, let’s tie the knot while we’re hot

Bells are ringing, but my ears won’t hear
And you’re comin’ for me, with the chains and the key


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Reo Speedwagon has released many songs over the years besides Throw The Chains Away. Reo Speedwagon released songs from 1971 to 2007 spanning across albums like REO Speedwagon, R.E.O / T.W.O., Ridin' The Storm Out, Lost In A Dream, This Time We Mean It, R.E.O., You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish, Nine Lives, Hi Infidelity, Good Trouble, Wheels Are Turnin', Life As We Know It, The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog And A Chicken, Building The Bridge, and Find Your Own Way Home. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Reo Speedwagon.

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About Lyrics and Throw The Chains Away by Reo Speedwagon

The lyrics to Throw The Chains Away are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Reo Speedwagon used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Throw The Chains Away have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Reo Speedwagon and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Throw The Chains Away by Reo Speedwagon. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Throw The Chains Away" means the words set to the music of Throw The Chains Away, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Reo Speedwagon. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Throw The Chains Away and the lyrics to Throw The Chains Away are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Reo Speedwagon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Throw The Chains Away, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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