one song in particular , he hatedparadigm shift , the title song of the album : paradigm shift ( fausts lament ) take away these chains so i can be free we ignored the prophecy i misread the terms to my soul we were just a sacrifice it drew us in and swallowed us whole now pistons grind in the machine the teeth of cogs they click and whir the springs uncoil to claim their spoils like those before us we never learn so take away these chains so i can be free now i have all i desired now i see that nothing was real soon to be consumed by the fire soon to pay my part of the deal now rivets buckle and levers scream i made a bargain i got my dream but with it too came something new a paradigm a new world view so take away these chains so i can be free his control was a shame because , although i loved to perform , i liked to do so on my own terms .