Chains don’t hold me

(Intro ambient, tense riff → build)

I carried their rules like a cage around me

Every word, every shove, every shadow I believed

(Verse 1 tight riff, controlled anger)

I learned early how to survive

How to hide the fire in my eyes

They wanted me quiet, wanted me small

But I’ve been screaming behind these walls

Every chain they tried to wrap

Every line they told me to follow

I feel it snapping in my hands

The weight dissolves, I stand

(Pre-Chorus rising tension)

I won’t bend for the world’s design

I won’t apologize for my spine

The past can whisper, but it won’t stay

I carve my path, I make my way

(Chorus full, explosive)

CHAINS DON’T HOLD ME, I’M BREAKING FREE

NO MORE SHADOWS, NO MORE BELIEF

I’M DONE HIDING, DONE FALLING BACK

I’M RUNNING TOWARD THE FIRE THEY LACK

You can try, but I won’t break

This is my life, this is my stake

Chains don’t hold me—I am alive

(Verse 2 faster, aggressive)

I’ve been crushed, I’ve been told I’m wrong

But I turned the silence into a song

Every insult, every shove, every lie

I throw them behind me, watch them die

I’ve learned to fight without the rage

To build my world, page by page

No more ghosts, no more guilt

I’m walking forward, never still

(Rap Bridge – rhythmic, internal voice)

Yeah—

I heard it all, the whispers and screams

Trapped in their visions, stuck in their schemes

But I’m peeling the layers, revealing the core

I’m not what they made me, I’m something more

Every step I take is proof I’m alive

Every scar a story of how I survive

I took the chains, I burned them away

Now I’m writing my rules—my own way

(Breakdown half-time, crushing)

I feel the fire inside me grow

The world can’t touch what I now know

I’ve shed their weight, I’ve shed their lies

I’m rising, I’m awake, I realize

(Final Chorus anthemic, layered vocals)

CHAINS DON’T HOLD ME, I’M BREAKING FREE

NO MORE SHADOWS, NO MORE BELIEF

I’M DONE HIDING, DONE FALLING BACK

I’M RUNNING TOWARD THE FIRE THEY LACK

You can try, but I won’t break

This is my life, this is my stake

Chains don’t hold me—I am alive

(Outro clean, reflective)

I am alive

I am free

I am mine