Lyrics By: J.G. Argo © 2026 [Intro – spoken / whispered] “I was never broken… They just wanted me to think I was.” [Verse 1] You told me I needed saving By embedding fear into my mind I was taught to doubt my thoughts and feelings Called my instincts things that were not kind You call yourself ministers, but you clearly don’t see You dressed control in holy words And marked my soul as cursed for me [Pre-Chorus] You feared my questions You feared my voice So you called obedience a choice But if truth can’t survive the light It was never sacred — just afraid of the night [Chorus] Those chains are not for me I don’t owe your god belief If freedom damns me in your eyes You can keep your hell — I shed your grief [Verse 2] You said I was broken by design You invented shame to justify But you don’t get to own my breath Or sell me fear and call it death [Pre-Chorus 2] You taught me to hate my own mind To doubt what I could clearly find But truth doesn’t need a throne And I was never meant to kneel alone [Chorus] Those chains are not for me I refuse your hierarchy If freedom damns me in your eyes You can keep your hell — I shed your grief [Bridge] (drum + breath only) What kind of god needs terror to rule? What kind of truth can’t face review? If love demands I disappear Then love was never living here [Break / Chant] I am not fallen I am awake I am not sinful I was made to rise and awaken [Final Chorus] (full power) Those chains are not for me I don’t bow — I don’t agree If freedom damns me in your eyes You can keep your hell — I shed your grief [Outro – quiet, resolute] You can keep your altar I kept myself
