Agonist, The - The Chain Lyrics






Can I have the attention of the class?
Open up your text
The city of seven hills
Another illustration of the autophagy

Put down your fiddle, lady liberty
And take a good long look

Revolution, revolution
The free chant deafened by a barricade
Revolution, revolution
Pull back the curtain on this glass brigade

This is not just a battle
This is bedlam, bedlam on the boulevard

Revolution [4x]

Take hold of the chain
Rise up from the sand
We will not walk alone

This is not just a battle
This is bedlam, bedlam on the boulevard

Tyrannical manacles of the process colossus
Thrust down upon the untouchable castle

Revolution, revolution
The free chant deafened by a barricade
Revolution, revolution
Pull back the curtain on this glass brigade

[3x]
Take hold of the chain
Rise up from the sand
We will not walk alone





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  1. R.... D....

    I discovered The Agonist recently. And... after I listened widely their songs (with Alissa and Vicky), well... I think I prefer what is being done now with Vicky. Like I prefer what's being done now with Arch Enemy and Alissa.

  2. D.... ....

    This is not just a battle. This is ... Oh no, expected something more from this part of the lyrics.

  3. N.... T....

    비키도 괜찮고 알리사도 좋은데 다들 비키 개싫어해서 좀 안쓰럽...

  4. �.... D....

    2018😍2019❤The agonist

  5. P.... B....

    I love Vicky, and I love the direction she is taking the band, but I think she could maybe get a vocal coach for her gutturals, it sounds like she is hurting her voice

  6. R.... w....

    Alissa, stop trying to impersonate her and be yourself! This is not heavy metal but sounds good!

  7. b.... d....

    the stunning voice of vicky has been ruined by effects. hope the album gonna be better

  8. t.... ....

    eye of providence was 10x better

    t.... ....

    Not true imo. But better yes

  9. r.... ....

    Much better than The Moment, the instrumentals and lyrics are much better at least. I can't decide what's worse though, the uncleans, which literally sound extremely painful and are miles behind anything the agonist has produced before, including the mediocre Only Once Imagined and Vicky's overall good screams on Eye of Providence, or the god awful production.

  10. v.... ....

    The vocal is better fit to Power metal or Black metal I think..

  11. V.... D....

    I love the song, but the "Revolution" chant sounds out of place. Maybe should have just had Vicky do it.

  12. M.... ....

    Absolutely fucking love the tracks they have been releasing for the new album

  13. L.... B....

    Maybe it's just a bad video recording but the vocals suck plus I don't even like her looks. Agonist really screwed the poch if you get what I mean.

  14. S.... X....

    Better than AlissaWhiteGluz

  15. G.... T....

    Vicky. Honey. Darling. Baby. Sweetheart.
    What the fuck was that?

  16. U.... P....

    Vicky is amazing, she does a lot of different vocal styles and I love it!

  17. B.... E....

    time for me to head on to Once Human "Eye Of Chaos :P

  18. A.... ....

    porque casi todos los temas en la voz suenan exactamente igual? el disco anterior era genial... este esta al borde de la mediocridad...

  19. s.... g....

    tiene sonidos parecidos a Arch Enemy en el inicio y el coro, (sólo la música claro)🙊 hasta la portada esta igual 😮(album khaos legions)

  20. M.... N....

    Mientras más lo escucho mas me vuela la cabeza!

  21. J.... F....

    Did someone strangle a CAT.....good GOD how horrid.

  22. F.... A....

    Does anyone else who pays even the slightest attention to different political ideologies and philosophies get a Marxist vibe from this? I'm not accusing the band of being Marxist, because I don't think they are and I have no reason to think they are, but a common phrase used by Marxists is "We have nothing to lose but our chains."

  23. G.... S....

    I was kinda hoping for a Fleetwood Mac cover to be honest, not a bad track though

  24. K.... M....

    she finally got the vocals mix down. . . eigHt thumbs up. . .

  25. j.... t....

    REVOLUTION....RAISE YOUR FIST'S IN THE AIR, IF YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THE BULLSHIT!!!

  26. M.... M....

    Eh... was alright, didn't mind it HOWEVER the thing that ruined the song for me was the rhythm of some of the vocals/lyrics ahhh it fucked the song for me >.> dammit. Around the 45 seconds mark onwards is a good example :(

  27. R.... R....

    The last album was a Master Peace. Lets see how this one is. So far the tracks I've heard sound a bit unpolished. Which isn't exactly a bad thing. Danny has made some great decisions for the band to this point. We're counting on you bro!! Do what feels right like always.
    Over all: Instrumental was good. Lyrics Meh.

  28. J.... D....

    Sooo Gooddd

  29. A.... T....

    The intro sounds like "When The Bough Breaks" from "Lullabies For The Dormant Mind".

  30. T.... o....

    I am super excited that The Agonist is making another album! I'm just not a huge fan of this song. I like The Moment though. I am still hoping this album is good.

    T.... o....

    Ha, here it is the other way round! This made the album interesting in my eyes

  31. m.... m....

    I know I'll get a lot of hate for this, but I find Vicky to be a better vocalist than Alyssa. This song just sounds like garbage though. With their original vocalist the music was a lot more technical and well thought out. I still liked The Eye of Providence even though it sounded more watered down, and unfortunately, but the sounds of this song it's only getting worse...

    m.... m....

    Other than the Vicky being a better vocalist than Alissa I pretty much agreed with all you said man.

    m.... m....

    Better clean vocalist than Alissa, probably, scream wise nope. But I totally agree on the music, it just seems uninspired and out of balance. Especially with Five, which is far worse than EoP. And that was a quite good album.

  32. L.... A....

    I tought the agonist could follow their way without Alissa when I heard eye of providence but now they give us this, its really flat, it dont envolves me at all, im disappointed...

    L.... A....

    you should wait for the album to come out,its great. I heard it and there's a lot if songs in the album that is amazing.

  33. P.... ....

    I like it.
    Looking forward to the release of Five

  34. V.... ....

    I can't enjoy this song, I liked Eye of Providence a lot, damn, Disconnect Me still gives me chills but these two songs that are out don't give the same feeling, it's too soft, lacks a lot of heavyness, and the screams? Something is really wrong with them! Vicky can scream, we know that, so what the fuck is this? I just hope it's only these songs of the album that are bad.

  35. T.... V....

    Sounds a kinda like "When the bought breaks".

  36. V.... T....

    I want to like it, but I don't no...

  37. D.... M....

    Mala canción, pero bueno, cuando esta banda ha sido completamente buena? quizás algunas canciones salvan, pero las de antes

  38. D.... B....

    vicky is amazing

  39. J.... C....

    Instrumental is sick! Not sure about the voice, actually i'm sure it doesn't suit the song at all.

  40. R.... I....

    oh man. this band will never be the same awesome band i used to enjoy. mainly because of the this new vocalist. my opinion. as well as arch enemy wont be the same for me. my opinion.

  41. C.... ....

    I dig the raw vocals. Vicky sounds really badass like that. The Agonist is unpredictable you just know whatever they do will kick ASS!!! Go see them live it was the heaviest shit i have ever seen!

  42. R.... Q....

    As pessoas são muito falsas. criticam a Vicky e quando ela sair da banda, ficarão tristes, pois ai será o fim do The Agonist. Parabéns Vicky. Amei a música

  43. S.... T....

    I approve.

  44. A.... I....

    This is... soft. The Agonist is pure rage and power, what the f*** is this?

  45. I.... ....

    The lead guitar tone is sick. well done. I can't wait for this cd. And Jinjers new video is badass as well.

  46. J.... J....

    Wait so they're putting a new album out now already? I'm so confused when was this announced? wtf I don't know what to think and I didn't even this this song was theirs until she started singing 😂 even tho I read the title omg 😭😭

  47. C.... G....

    Oh FUCKING great !

  48. W.... L....

    the instruments are all great, the solo and riffs perfect, but there's something weird about the vocals.

    W.... L....

    True. I hate the production

  49. d.... ....

    I would love to download the single off of iTunes! Great song!

  50. R.... B....

    Where is the "I love Vicky" button? <3

  51. Z.... ....

    Well, the drums sound very plastic. Definitely a step back in terms of production

  52. C.... C....

    After a few listens I actually really like this. I'm really excited for the new album!

  53. B.... ....

    I don't think this is going to be a good album. I've loved The Agonist for a long time, both Alissa and Vicky are awesome but I'm actually quite disappointed. I really liked The Eye of Providence, and I think it was good because they took their time. This album seems rushed to me, I mean they released their last album LAST YEAR. But i really hope this is a weaker song on the album. I really do. I believe in them.

  54. O.... G....

    I'm only disapointed about how they sing the lyrics "Revolution Revolution", sounds weird, in the Century's era, the vocals were only from the vocalist and more energetic (about the lyrics previously mentioned), about the rest, may sounds different only a little, but is not bad

  55. S.... T....

    I'm just not feeling this music. SOME parts are ok but everything is way out of place and just, hmm how do I put it? Out of tune? Out of beat?
    I don't know. Its ok I guess.
    I just hope the other music in the album is ok.

  56. M.... M....

    Am I the only one who kind of wanted this to be a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song?

  57. T.... M....

    Every song on the album starts with "The" (except the take me to church cover)

  58. E.... ....

    I miss Alissa....

  59. R.... R....

    Sounds more like the old Agonist, not that it was not good, but I like the new Agonist better, so... I don't know...

  60. R.... r....

    sensacional!!!

  61. R.... F....

    Idk what to think of the song... It's "different", to say the least.

  62. R.... H....

    Despite all the back and forth below I am just pumped we are getting another Agonist album at the end of September. SWEET!!!!

  63. M.... J....

    The more I listen, the more I like it. Definitely a grower.

  64. P.... M....

    Why didn't they just call the song Revolution?

  65. z.... d....

    This is hard linkin park?

  66. K.... B....

    I feel the sound guy really fucked this song up with her vocals. Whole song would be pretty decent if it went for such raspy vocals. Absolutely love the instrumental though.

  67. C.... ....

    Damn guys this sounds awesome! I can't wait

  68. K.... ....

    What is wrong with sound? Hey, you're a grown up band! The times of "only once imagined" flat sound is over.
    It is cheap, flat and guitars are barely recognizible. Why so much reverb on the snare? Why it has a huge "tail"?
    The song is good, but it will not be my favorite. Vicky is expanding her skills and it is great.

    But the sound is awful, sorry.

  69. s.... ....

    This song could be amazing (even if it isn't The Agonist enough) the instrumental, and her clean vocals are nice but the growls are so bad. So forced but also horribly mixed. They sound like they don't belong at all. Too loud and not blended enough into the song. If at least those technical issues were taken care of her horrible growls wouldn't be so bad nor would they be prominent over everything else. I want to like this, I keep replaying it because I love everything else but her growls. When I hear them I die a little inside.

  70. X.... ....

    I hope this is the only weak song in the album.

  71. A.... M....

    About the previous album i have the same thought, when i listen to it first time: It's bad, really bad, but after couple of listens the album grows in my eyes, think that it will be the same with this one.

  72. U.... ....

    vocals are too loud for me :P

  73. P.... Z....

    This haters make me laugh. They were never here for the music, but for Alissa, whom they love and dream about, fat virgin maggots... Pls, go home. Your DIVA is singing in another band right now - If she stayed, the Agonist would've remained as ArchEnemy's sidekick, and that's not fair - So, that's it. Vicky has an incredible voice, and a range with more possibilities, as we saw in the Day of Providence - just listen As Above, So Below, damn kiddos, for f**cs sake!! -

    I really pity these guys who follow bands bcoz of some sort of crush on their frontwomen. The Gathering, Nightwish, to name a few. This ppl should be listening to Avril Lavigne and 1D. Rock and Metal is about music, not Divas.

    P.... Z....

    Actually for most of us it's not a crush nimrod it's about good quality music. And with Alissa this band was very unique and on the verge of some amazing things to come. But it all went to hell when these idiots thought they could just pick some random female to easily replace Alissa. Nothing personal against Vicky great singer but this type of music isn't her thing. And as we are witness the declining of what them unique into a soft average metalcore band it turns off a lot of people. You would be a damn fool to sit here and saying anything from these two singles back to eye of providence is fucking with anything from those first three albums at all.

  74. �.... �....

    I listen this many time and... I'M FALL IN LOVE! Very cool single. Can't wait new album <3

  75. D.... G....

    It mixing sounds like a joke. (Google translator)

  76. R.... ....

    I don't like this. Vocals are really annoying me. Music is meh.

  77. M.... ....

    great new song definatly a new sound but they made a great choice which works better with Vicky her voice as what I hear in this song

  78. R.... H....

    Eye Of Providence was one of my favourite albums of last year... but this is missing that magic

  79. M.... C....

    No tiene buen sonido.. espero que sea un demo y la mejoren.. La canción esta bien. Lastima que abusan tanto de ese recurso de usar tantos guturales.

  80. S.... M....

    Hmmm this song....dont like it at all. Not only are the vocals unappealing but the way the band constantly changes feel randomly. Its wierd.

  81. B.... B....

    Je sens que ce nouvel album va dechirer l'instru est geniale

  82. b.... p....

    yea goil

  83. m.... ....

    I don't think we will ever see the day when people stop talking about alissa on the agonist videos, kinda like tarja of nightwish and angela of arch enemy

  84. M.... C....

    For some reason I hated it when I first heard it yesterday. Today, I'm listening for a third time, and it actually is quite good. Though I still have hopes that someday they'll surpass Prisoners, which in my opinion might be the best album ever made by any band, ever.

  85. A.... K....

    i like this evolution! the agonist seems going good, I think this album will be awesome, more than I can expect right now. this song is amazing, I love it. bad comments or critics are part of all in musical business and I respect this but in my opinion it's pretty good!! can't wait to listen to the whole record as well. Great job!! ;)

  86. �.... �....

    Drummer is insane tho

  87. V.... A....

    This song starts pretty weak, but gets better later. I believe they can do better than this

  88. K.... R....

    They have a great drummer

  89. A.... P....

    I have been listening to this song non-stop. I know it's not like their previous stuff, which in my opinion is a positive thing. Bands need to experiment with their music or else it just gets boring and everything sounds the same.

  90. Z.... ....

    It starts weird, the sound is kinda... weaker? I love the vocal melodies, the backing vocals, it grows on me, yet... what's strange about this song? Is it that the vocals are way too loud and the instrumental is too quiet? I miss the modern, powerful, stomping sound. Is there any time to fix this? As a journalist I'll have the album a bit earlier which is so fn great, because now I really want to know how the rest of the songs sound. Come on, Napalm, send them promos! :D

  91. m.... s....

    i actually like this

  92. r.... ....

    Hmmm. A little underwhelmed. Vocals are really missing something. Seemed overproduced, especially in the backing vocals, like they're not even in the same song (audio levels sound different). Loved the last album but this one worries me. It's only one song and I look forward to hearing more. One of my favorite bands so not giving up yet :)

  93. A.... L....

    The Agonist can be most brutal and harmonic , like in "Danse Macabre" , "Everybody Wants You Dead" , "Gates Of Horn And Ivory" . Vicky have a great voice , but he must explore this side melodic

  94. G.... M....

    me gusta mas este nuevo tema que todos los de eye of providence espero que sea bueno cuando sacaron el "gates of horn and ivory" pensaba que el eye of providence me iva a volar la cabeza y no fue asi pocos temas rescato alissaaaa volveeeeee

  95. T.... L....

    Every time I hear it , it gets better. The Agonist is the beauty in chaos.

    T.... L....

    Same ,altough I hated this song in the beginning

  96. M.... M....

    This is nothing more than my opinion, but, for me, The Agonist vanished when I listened to this. They used to be my favourite band, and then, the line-up changed, they couldn't find a decent replacement for Alissa White-Gluz, their lyrics became uninspired and their music has become more and more mainstream in terms of composition. And for those saying the vocals are out place, of course they are. Vicky isn't a metal singer, let alone a metal screamer, and she gets out of tone. A LOT. I don't mean to go against anyone's tastes; again, this is just a simple opinion. But my favourite band has let me down, painfully. Eye of Providence was a warning of what was to come, but I dared hope, and that hope was in vain. The Agonist, the true essence of the band, lies with the original line-up, with Alissa White-Gluz, and in the three first studio albums: Once Only Imagined, Lullabies for the Dormant Mind, and Prisoners, where the real poetry exists in the lyrics, and where the heart of the band rests in the musical compositions. For the band's fans who understand me, we'll always have the first three albums. But now, I'm afraid it's time to move on...

  97. S.... E....

    Didnt like the song in the beginning,but the more I hear it the better it gets