[Verse]
The porch light flickered, the screen door creaked,
When you walked out, left us incomplete.
Mama tried her best to wear a brave face,
But you carved that hurt that time won’t erase.
[Verse 2]
I swore back then, when I was just a boy,
That I’d build a life no one could destroy.
Now my kids run laughing through these old pine trees,
And they’ll never feel the pain that you left in me.
[Chorus]
I broke the chain, smashed it apart,
Mended the cracks in my weary heart.
I forgive you, but don’t mistake,
I won’t forget the love you couldn’t make.
[Verse 3]
I hold my kids close when the nights feel long,
Teach them what’s right, where you went wrong.
I stay through storms, through thin and thick,
To break the curse takes more than a trick.
[Bridge]
I see a little of you in the man I’ve become,
But I chose my way, didn’t follow your drum.
It’s heavy to carry, the weight you left behind,
But love’s a new road, and I’ve drawn the line.
[Chorus]
I broke the chain, smashed it apart,
Mended the cracks in my weary heart.
I forgive you, but don’t mistake,
I won’t forget the love you couldn’t make.