Breaking Chains is about taking action against addiction, inherited anger, self-pity, blame and destructive patterns. Freedom did not arrive cleanly or quickly; it had to be fought for.
This is where I stopped waiting to be rescued.
I broke chains of addiction. I broke chains of inherited anger. I broke chains of self-pity. I broke chains of blaming everyone else. I broke chains of becoming the worst parts of what raised me.
It wasn’t clean. It wasn’t quick. It was war.
But freedom came.
[Verse 1 – present life] Took a road I didn’t plan Built it slow with steady hands Lines of code, late night screens Turned my scars into somethin’ clean Started somethin’ of my own Built it up, then let it go Some things fade, some things stay I was learnin’ either way [Pre-Chorus] Every step, every fall Led me right here through it all [Chorus] I’ve been breakin’ chains I wore Since I was who I was before Every scar, every fight Turned into a different light I ain’t perfect, I still bend But I don’t live like that again What once held me, I outgrew… Now I help ‘em break through too [Verse 2 – my calling] Sat in rooms with kids like me Same old pain I used to be They don’t need some perfect guide They just need someone who survived Hold ‘em firm, don’t let ‘em slide Still got love on the other side They push back, but they know it’s real I remember how that feels [Pre-Chorus] Two degrees, but that don’t mean More than what I’ve lived and seen [Chorus] I’ve been breakin’ chains I wore Since I was who I was before Every scar, every fight Turned into a different light I ain’t perfect, I still bend But I don’t live like that again What once held me, I outgrew… Now I help ‘em break through too [Bridge] Wrote it down so they could see There’s a way to be free Built a place for ‘em to stand When the world don’t understand Every word, every line Came from somethin’ real inside If I lived through all that pain… It wasn’t all in vain [Final Chorus] I’m still breakin’ chains today They don’t all just fall away But I face ‘em, I don’t run I ain’t who I used to be, not even close to that one I found purpose in the fight Turned my dark into a light What once held me, I outgrew… Now I help ‘em break through too [Outro – my future] One day wheels on open roads Just me and her, no heavy load But till then I stand my ground… Help the lost get found