"Misery Chain" lyrics

[Chris Cornell:]
Won't you take one link from this misery chain?
Keep it to remind you of a long forgotten time or a place
So that you recognize its shape when it's near
Any time or place this misery chain should appear

[Chris Cornell & Joy Williams:]
Take the locks and shackles and melt all of it down
Shine a light upon every shadow, every acre of ground
The hidden corners on, in, all around
Anywhere you feel this misery chain should be found

When we're gone and it's all said and done
What will we leave?
Stories told, will they speak of us when God only knows
What those words will be

[Chris Cornell (Joy Williams) {Both}:]
(And if I should fall from the top of the world)
(To the depths below), {so far below where our belief could exist}
{Down further still will be the one who hides the key}
{And there's to try to put these misery chains on me}

[Chris Cornell & Joy Williams:]
When we're gone and it's all said and done
What will we leave?
Stories told, will they speak of us when God only knows
What those words will be?

[Chris Cornell:]
Won't you take one link from this misery chain?
Keep it to remind you of a long forgotten time or a place

[Chris Cornell & Joy Williams:]
So that you recognize it 'til it's understood
And that every trace of this misery chain is gone for good
'Til every trace of this misery chain is gone for good