I Came Before You

Verse 1]

I carried the weight before you could see it

Held the line when the path was closed

Every wall that stood in your way

I took it head-on, I bore the blows

I learned the hard lessons early

So you wouldn’t have to bleed them out

I stood in the fire long enough

To quiet the storm before it found you

You don’t owe the past your body

You don’t owe pain your name

I did the breaking

So you could walk free

I broke down the mountains

So you don’t have to climb them in chains

I cleared the ground beneath your feet

So you don’t have to live in the pain

You get to breathe where I couldn’t

You get a life without the weight

I broke down the mountains

So you could choose your own way

You see the world with open eyes

But you don’t have to carry it all

You’re allowed to live without armor

You’re allowed to rest when you fall

I took the hit that came before you

I stood where the damage stayed

Not so you’d inherit the suffering

But so it would end with me

You don’t have to prove your strength

By surviving what I did

Your freedom is the victory

I was fighting for

I broke down the mountains

So you don’t have to climb them in chains

I cleared the ground beneath your feet

So you don’t have to live in the pain

You get to laugh where I went quiet

You get to love without fear

I broke down the mountains

So your road could start right here

If you ever feel the echo

Of battles you never knew

Remember—

those weren’t meant for you

I carried them

I ended them

I broke down the mountains

I closed the door on the past

You don’t owe your life to survival

You’re allowed to move forward fast

You don’t have to earn your peace

You don’t have to justify

I broke down the mountains

So you could live—

not just get by

Walk light.

Walk free.

The ground is clear

because I was here.