[Verse 1] My father wore a shadow Like a chain around his throat His father bore the same one Though they never spoke its name It lived beneath the floorboards Of every home we knew Feeding on our silence Making old wounds new [Pre-Chorus] I can hear them in the distance Calling through the years Every son inherits ghosts Every daughter learns their fears [Chorus] There was a curse inside the blood A darkness handed down Generation after generation It dragged us to the ground But the chain is finally broken The shadows lost their hold The war that haunted centuries Has turned to dust and gold [Verse 2] The beast is dead and buried Its voice no longer fills my sleep But in the silence left behind it I found wounds buried deep The battle took a moment The healing takes a life Now every scar uncovered Steps into the light [Pre-Chorus] I thought freedom would be simple I thought victory was peace But beyond the broken darkness Old forgotten sorrows speak [Chorus] There was a curse inside the blood A darkness handed down Generation after generation It dragged us to the ground But the chain is finally broken The shadows lost their hold The war that haunted centuries Has turned to dust and gold [Bridge] My father's grief My grandfather's pain Echo through my blood Like distant falling rain Not as masters Not as chains Only lessons carried forward Through the years of loss and change An eternal curse was shattered An eternal healing starts Now I'm gathering the fragments Scattered through my heart [Instrumental Break] [Final Chorus] The curse is broken Ashes scattered Across the setting sun The war that haunted centuries Has finally been won Though the pain still rises Like a river running deep I am not what I inherited I am what I choose to heal [Outro] The shadow's reign is over The night has lost its claim And where a curse once ruled forever Healing speaks my name An eternal curse was shattered An eternal healing starts The darkness could not keep us The light was ours from the start
