Ball & Chain

Congrats, today's your day

Take these keys and drive away

You've got new wings

You've found new life

It's time to fly

100 miles per hour, wind through your hair

I should've known how much you cared

Cut these chains loose, adventures calling

Now you're free & I'm free falling

I should've known, but I saw too late

To my best friend, I was dead weight

Ball & chain

Run faster, don't look back

Don't lament the widening gap

I've got it covered

For us both

No need to fret

When you said you needed me, I was flattered

Now while your heart soars, mine's still shattered

Here I thought stripes were just your thing

But to you they were a prison game

How was I to know that by holding you up

I'd be the last thing dragging you down?

(*written June 2010*)