(Intro – orchestra, soft strings, distant choir)
Violins crying in the dark of my room,
Every note sounds like the things you do.
They say love is a light, but mine is a cage,
Golden bars around a heart in pain.
Verse 1 (Rap)
She met him when the world was cold,
He was fire, she was fragile gold.
He said, “Girl, I’ll keep you safe right here,”
But safety slowly turned into fear.
First it was flowers, then it was control,
“Don’t wear that dress, don’t talk to him though.”
Every “I love you” came tied with a thread,
Pulling her closer inside her head.
She stopped trusting what she saw in the mirror,
Started asking him just to make things clearer.
Her voice got quiet, his got proud,
She disappeared in the middle of the crowd.
Pre-Chorus (Choir)
She’s breathing but she’s barely alive,
Holding on just to survive…
Chorus (Orchestra + Vocals)
These are silk chains around my soul,
Soft like love but they won’t let go.
Sometimes you’re gentle, sometimes you’re cruel,
You break me quietly, you play it cool.
I’m drowning in your “I need you,”
Lost inside what we used to.
I can’t leave, I can’t stay,
I’m in love with my own pain.
Verse 2 (Rap)
You never said “stay,” but I never ran,
Every promise felt like a threat in disguise, damn.
“If you leave me, I don’t know what I’ll do,”
So I stayed, carrying both me and you.
Friends faded out, one by one,
“Too busy” became my cover-up.
But really I was slowly erased,
My whole world shrinking to your face.
Sometimes no words, just a look like a hit,
When silence gets violent, that’s already it.
You grab my arm, say “You made me this way,”
Then cry and apologize later that day.
Pre-Chorus (Choir)
She sees the door, but the light hurts her eyes,
Freedom feels scarier than living in lies…
Chorus (Bigger Orchestra)
These are silk chains around my soul,
Soft like love but they won’t let go.
You don’t always scream, you don’t always fight,
Sometimes you just raise your hand and I freeze at night.
I’m drowning in your “I need you,”
Lost inside what we used to.
I can’t leave, I can’t stay,
I’m in love with my own pain.
Bridge (Decision)
Blue marks hidden under sleeves and lies,
“I’m fine” became my favorite disguise.
But tonight my hands stop shaking slow,
And a quiet voice inside me grows:
This is not love. This is not fate.
This is not something I have to take.
Final Chorus (Empowerment)
The silk chains snap inside my mind,
They were never steel, just stories and time.
You don’t own my fear, you don’t own my pain,
You don’t get to write my name again.
I was drowning in your “I need you,”
Now I’m standing in what I need too.
I can leave. I don’t have to stay.
I am more than what you took away.
Outro (Exit)
The door is loud, my steps are real,
The night is cold but I can feel.
My heart is mine. My breath is free.
I walk out — and I choose me.
1999
