[Title: The Cycle-Breaker (Recovery Anthem)]
(Verse 1 - The Spiritual Warfare)
(Music starts quiet, intense, and personal. Just piano.)
You don't know that on Friday...
I was praying and fasting on the floor.
I was in this very church, I was waging a war.
I was fighting for your mind, I didn't even know the cause
(Ad-lib: I didn't know...)
While you were getting OSS, I was pleading with my God.
(Ad-lib: I was already on my knees for you...)
(Pre-Chorus)
(Beat starts to build)
So when you look at me with anger...
And you spit those words of pain...
(Ad-lib: "You dont care...")
You're forgetting that I'm fighting
In a way you can't explain.
(Chorus - The Answer)
(Music explodes: Full beat, choir, soaring vocals)
You say I "go to church like nothing is wrong"!
But I'm at church 'cause that's what makes me strong!
This is my recovery, this is my fight!
This is me, celebrating in the middle of the night!
I'm a Cycle-Breaker, I'm a warrior on my knees!
And I won't stop fighting for my legacy!
(Verse 2 - The "Right Now")
(Beat continues, vocals are strong)
Yeah, it's Celebrate Recovery night!
And my heart is breaking for my son.
(Ad-lib: You, Ryan...)
I could stay home and hide, but I'm gonna run!
Straight to the arms of the Healer, straight to the grace
This is how the Cycle-Breaker wins the race!
(Ad-lib: This is how I fight!)
(Chorus - The Answer)
(Music explodes again)
You say I "go to church like nothing is wrong"!
But I'm at church 'cause that's what makes me strong!
This is my recovery, this is my fight!
This is me, celebrating in the middle of the night!
I'm a Cycle-Breaker, I'm a warrior on my knees!
And I won't stop fighting for my legacy!
(NEW Verse 3 - The Confession)
(Music softens for a moment, just piano and vocals)
But Lord, You see my own struggle, the anger that I feel
(Ad-lib: I'm so mad...)
The words I said to Ryan...
God, I know they weren't real
(Ad-lib: "Take his dad's name!")
That was the "12-Year-Old Me" talkin', the girl who's full of fear
So heal my "Salty" trauma...
So I can see him clear.
(Bridge - The Repetition Anthem)
(Music drops to just drums and vocals, a "stomp-clap" feel)
I am a Cycle-Breaker!
(Choir: Cycle-Breaker!)
I'm breakin' every chain!
(Ad-lib: The "Salty" chain!)
I am a Cycle-Breaker!
(Choir: Cycle-Breaker!)
I'm breakin' all the pain!
(Ad-lib: The "12-Year-Old" chain!)
I am a Cycle-Breaker!
(Choir: Cycle-Breaker!)
In Jesus' mighty name!
(Ad-lib: The "Legacy" chain!)
The trauma stops with me, I will not be ashamed!
(Final Chorus / Outro)
(Music is HUGE, celebratory, joyful)
You say I "go to church like nothing is wrong"!
(Ad-lib: I'm fighting for you!)
But I'm at church 'cause that's what makes me strong!
This is my recovery, this is my fight!
This is me, celebrating in the middle of the night!
I'm a Cycle-Breaker, I'm a warrior on my knees!
And I won't stop fighting for my legacy!
(Ad-lib: I'm a Cycle-Breaker!)
(Ad-lib: I won't stop!)
(Ad-lib: This is my recovery!)
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