[Verse 1] You wake up, I know it's time to go With a spinning head, I lie and watch you smoke Change the hands on my watch and hold you close This misery is weightless as a stone
[Pre-Chorus] Have you lost the same things I have lost? Do you know that panic? I know And would I see the terror in your face? Do you know that fever? I know
[Chorus] I wish time was still We'd stay right here With time to kill In our hearts without chains And if time was still We'd have no fear Or scars to heal In our hearts without chains In our hearts without chains
[Verse 2] You left everything behind except yourself But all I see is question marks and nothing else You must've landed in New York by now Please don't bring this love down
[Pre-Chorus] And have you lost the same things I have lost? And do you know that panic? I know And would I see the terror in your face? And do you know that fever? Oh, I know
[Chorus] I wish time was still We'd stay right here With time to kill In our hearts without chains And if time was still We'd have no fear Or scars to heal In our hearts without chains In our hearts without chains
[Bridge] Don't bring this love down Don't bring this love down Don't bring this love down Don't bring this love down
[Chorus] I wish time was still We'd stay right here With time to kill In our hearts without chains And if time was still We'd have no fear Or scars to heal In our hearts without chains In our hearts without chains In our hearts without chains
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A welcome break from the heavy electronica and intense electropop of the new additions to Halcyon, Ellie Goulding wishes for stillness on piano ballad “Hearts Without Chains.”
Produced by Adele collaborator Fraster T Smith, the song was originally released as the 17th track from Halcyon Days, the reissue of Ellie Goulding’s sophomore album.
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