[Title: The Cycle Breaker (This Is For My Boys)]
[Style: Pop-Rock], [Anthem], [Empowered], [Fierce], [Driving], [Big Pop-Rock Drums], [Belted Vocals]
(Spoken Intro - whispered, intense)
They say trauma gets passed down. They say the cycle just repeats. They don't know me. This is for my boys. Eyepiercinglove.
(Verse 1)
Three little faces lookin' up at me
I'm all they have, I'm all they see
Got my own trauma, got my own fear
(Ad-lib: That old "failure" whisper...)
What if I pass it down, what if I bleed?
No.
I quit the smoke, I quit the high
(Ad-lib: 10/31...)
I chose to live, I chose to fight
I work the steps, I work the job
I am the one who's gonna beat the odds.
(Pre-Chorus)
I'm not my mother, I'm not my past!
I'm gonna build a bridge that's gonna last!
Gotta be the rock, gotta be the wall!
I'm the one who's standin' tall!
(Chorus - The Explosion)
I am the CYCLE BREAKER!
The legacy-maker!
All the pain and all the ghosts
The ones who hurt and failed me most
They stop with me! They die with me!
So you can live your lives completely free!
This is for Ryan, this is for Hayden, this is for Dominic!
I am the CYCLE BREAKER!
And this is my promise!
(Verse 2)
Ten years as a CMA
Almost got that BS in Health Science (HSA)
(Ad-lib: Yeah, I'm gettin' that degree...)
This ain't for show, this ain't for pride
This is for the three of you... and me, inside.
This is the work, this is the cost
To get back everything I thought I'd lost
I'm not a "trophy," I'm the whole damn prize!
(Ad-lib: Look in my eyes!)
(Pre-Chorus)
I'm not my mother, I'm not my past!
I'm gonna build a bridge that's gonna last!
Gotta be the rock, gotta be the wall!
I'm the one who's standin' tall!
(Chorus - Even bigger)
I am the CYCLE BREAKER!
The legacy-maker!
All the pain and all the ghosts
The ones who hurt and failed me most
They stop with me! They die with me!
So you can live your lives completely free!
This is for Ryan, this is for Hayden, this is for Dominic!
I am the CYCLE BREAKER!
And this is my promise!
(Bridge - Quiet and intense)
All the chaos...
All the fears...
All the screaming...
All the tears...
They... stop... here.
(Final Chorus - The Climax)
I am the CYCLE BREAKER!
The legacy-maker!
All the pain and all the ghosts
The ones who hurt and failed me most
They stop with me! They die with me!
So you can live your lives completely free!
This is for Ryan, this is for Hayden, this is for Dominic!
I am the CYCLE BREAKER!
And this is my promise!
(Outro - Music holds, then ends sharp)
(Ad-libs...)
It stops here!
It stops with me!
For my boys!
(Final, single piano chord hangs... and fades.)
Eyepiercinglove
