CHAINBREAKER

I kept it clean… I kept it quiet… But it never stayed buried… I ironed my face, wore it straight like a lie Every handshake wired, every glance passing by I swallowed the noise just to look like I’m fine But it claws at the ribs every single time Hands in my pockets just hiding the shake Every word rehearsed like a move I could fake They don’t see the storm in the gaps that I leave Just the ghost of a man they expect me to be Every breath in a vice… I’m smiling through fractures While feeding the vice BREAK THESE CHAINS OFF MY SKIN THEY DON’T FIT WHERE I’VE BEEN I’M DONE BLEEDING QUIET LET THE DAMAGE BEGIN CUT THE VEINS OF THE PAST I WON’T WEAR IT LIKE THAT IF I BURN IN THE EXIT I AIN’T COMING BACK Yeah Pulse too loud in a room full of eyes Every breath feelin’ like it’s televised Liquor in the bloodstream, numb up the dread Temporary fix but it lives in the head Hands on a vice, yeah I built my own cage Cheap thrills, quick kills, dopamine wage Body in motion but I’m stuck in a loop Every bad habit got me tied to the noose I don’t trust calm, it’s a setup, a lie So I self-sabotage ‘fore I even try Yeah I light that fuse just to feel something real Even if the only thing left is the peel It tightens… Every nerve misfires… I fed every weakness Now I’m feeding the fire BREAK THESE CHAINS OFF MY SKIN THEY DON’T FIT WHERE I’VE BEEN I’M DONE BLEEDING QUIET LET THE DAMAGE BEGIN CUT THE VEINS OF THE PAST I WON’T WEAR IT LIKE THAT IF I BURN IN THE EXIT I AIN’T COMING BACK Count every vice like a tally on bone Every bad choice tryna make me atone I was feeding the dark just to keep it sedate Now it’s crawling back out and it’s dragging its weight I’M DONE NEGOTIATING WITH IT Every crutch that I leaned on snapping in two IF IT KILLS ME I’M TAKING IT WITH ME Chain… by chain… by chain… Gone. BREAK THESE CHAINS OFF MY SKIN TEAR THE ROT FROM WITHIN IF I SHATTER THE MIRROR I DON’T CARE WHO I’VE BEEN LET IT HOWL, LET IT CRASH LET IT BLEED, LET IT SNAP I’M NOT CARRYING CORPSES OF A LIFE THAT COLLAPSED …still here… I didn’t break free… I broke it open… Now it stays… with me…