[Intro] Rock. Wind. Iron. And a morning that keeps showing up [Verse 1] They took me east where the mountains bite Where morning arrives with a blade of light Iron on wrist, iron on chest No roof but the sky, no sleep but stress The stone held cold like a grudge in the bone A throne made of punishment, hard as alone The eagle circled before the sun rose clear Like a clock with feathers and a taste for fear And down in the valleys, seasons would turn Cities would rise while my sides still burned I could smell distant fires on the changing breeze That was enough to bring a little peace [Pre-Hook] If pain is the price, let the price be known Some gifts get planted where blood gets sown [Hook] Chained to the dawn, but I’m not undone The day keeps coming, and so does the sun They can bind these hands, but the work is done Chained to the dawn, and I’m not undone Every cry I gave, every wound I wore Opened up a road they had not seen before If the cost was me, let the record run Chained to the dawn, but I’m not undone [Verse 2] There are punishments meant to erase a name Make courage look foolish, make mercy look strange But time is rude to the plans of kings It keeps what matters, forgets bright things So while I was fixed to the edge of pain The story kept moving through wind and rain Passed mouth to mouth by the evening fire Not as a warning, but fuel for desire “Someone defied what was said divine Someone crossed the border and redrew the line” That’s how endurance beats spectacle That’s how suffering turns practical The chain held body, it never held thought That lesson right there cannot be bought [Bridge] Morning again, let it come, let it blaze I’ve already outlived the shape of this rage You can wound the flesh, you can stage the show But meaning escapes where you thought it would go [Hook] Chained to the dawn, but I’m not undone The day keeps coming, and so does the sun They can bind these hands, but the work is done Chained to the dawn, and I’m not undone Every cry I gave, every wound I wore Opened up a road they had not seen before If the cost was me, let the record run Chained to the dawn, but I’m not undone [Outro] Look close That isn’t defeat on this mountain That’s proof
