[Verse 1]
You say my name like a lock
Then blame me when I stay
Got your thumb on my heart
Like a debt I can't repay
Sweet talk, cold hands
Same bruise, different day
I kept the red flags folded
In my back pocket away
You love like a match
To the drapes in my room
Then smile like it's mercy
When you watch me consume
I learned your apology
Ends the same as the rest
A kiss with a splinter
A yes with a test
[Pre-Chorus]
I was drowning in your almost
Sinking in your maybe
You kept calling it passion
I was calling it shaky
Now I hear that door crack
I feel my ribs unlock
One more step from your shadow
And I won't look back
[Chorus]
Cut the chain, cut the chain
I don't need your pain
Cut the chain, cut the chain
I can say my own name
You don't own my pulse
You don't own my day
Cut the chain, cut the chain
I'm walking away
[Verse 2]
You kept score in the dark
With every tear I made
Turned my kindness to leverage
Turned my trust into shade
I wore your weather too long
Like it lived in my skin
But the mirror kept telling me
I could start again
So I packed up your echoes
Left them dead in the wall
Left your key on the counter
Let your voicemails fall
I'm not the same girl
You could bend and break
I'm the fire in the hallway
I'm the line you can't take
[Pre-Chorus]
I was drowning in your almost
Sinking in your maybe
You kept calling it passion
I was calling it shaky
Now I hear that door crack
I feel my ribs unlock
One more step from your shadow
And I won't look back
[Chorus]
Cut the chain, cut the chain
I don't need your pain
Cut the chain, cut the chain
I can say my own name
You don't own my pulse
You don't own my day
Cut the chain, cut the chain
I'm walking away
[Bridge]
If love is a cage
Then baby, let it rust
I gave you my softest parts
You gave me mistrust
Now the floorboards remember
How my feet used to shake
But I'm done being sorry
For the life I can take
[Final Chorus]
Cut the chain, cut the chain
I don't need your pain
Cut the chain, cut the chain
I can say my own name
You don't own my pulse
You don't own my day
Cut the chain, cut the chain
I'm walking away
Cut the chain, cut the chain
Let the whole thing fade
Cut the chain, cut the chain
I was born to be brave