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

Metal, has rapping in it basic off action ques in lyrics, male