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Black Sabbath – Shaking Off the Chains (1995) | Track profile | Dork

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Shaking Off the Chains

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Shaking Off the Chains

Release date: 20th June 1995

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About This Track

"Shaking Off the Chains" is a track by Black Sabbath, from the album Forbidden, released 20th June 1995. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Black Sabbath.

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Lyrics

Shaking Off the Chains

[Verse 1]

Is life everything you want it to be?

Does it give you everything that you need?

Does it live up to your expectations?

Are you ready for the celebrations?

[Pre-Chorus]

This is not for the weak of mind

Are you sure that you're my kind?

Do you want to be part of me?

Are you sure that you can really see?

[Verse 2]

Are you chained to a life you don't want?

Is it hard for you to find a way out?

Can you live without the love that you need?

Are you sure that what you have is so real?

[Pre-Chorus]

This is not for the weak of mind

Are you sure that you're my kind?

Do you want to be part of me?

Are you sure that you can really see?

[Chorus 1]

All of your life, they try to take your cover

Turn you into another and make you change your name

When you fall, it's up to you to recover

You can't depend on another to help you with the pain, yeah

[Bridge]

I'm shaking off the chains

I'm shaking off the chains

[Pre-Chorus]

This is not for the weak of mind

Are you sure that you're my kind?

Do you want to be part of me?

Are you sure that you can really see?

[Chorus 2]

In the night, you say that things are falling

People always calling, calling out your name

What do you know, a face appears at the window

Tapping on that window, the window of your soul

[Outro]

I'm shaking off the chains

I'm tired of all the pain

I'm shaking off the chains

Let me live again

Shaking off the chains

Shaking off the chains

[Guitar Solo]

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From Forbidden

1995

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1995

—The Illusion of Power
—Guilty as Hell
—Loser Gets It All
—Rusty Angels
—Sick and Tired
—I Won’t Cry for You
—Can't Get Close Enough
—Shaking Off the Chains
—Forbidden
—Kiss of Death

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Cozy Powell, Geoff Nicholls, Neil Murray, Tony Iommi, Tony Martin (Vocalist)
Lyricist: Tony Martin (Vocalist)
Producer: Ernie C.