Lyrics

Used to punch walls, used to scream in the dark
Thought I was born with a fractured heart
You were never there, and when you were, it hurt
Every word like a cut, every look like dirt

Mom did her best, but she couldn’t be you
And I needed a man to teach me what men do
So I learned from the streets, from the songs, from the fights
From the pain in my chest on them sleepless nights

I was angry, broken, wild with no aim
A shadow of a shadow, just carryin’ your name
But time pulled me forward, and truth hit deep
You were just a boy once, buried too steep

I’ll break the chain
I’m lettin’ go
Of all the hurt, so I can grow
I forgive you now
I won’t be the same
I’ll break the chain
I’ll break the chain

When they said you were gone, I didn’t cry
I just stood there cold, askin’ God why
So many questions I’ll never get to say
Like “Why’d you push love so far away?”

Was it fear? Was it pride? Was it pain in disguise?
Were you lookin’ for your father in your own son’s eyes?
Man, I’ll never know, but I’ve made peace
With the ghost in the mirror and the boy beneath

Now I’m tryin’ to show up, tryin’ to be true
To the kid I was, and the man I grew
I hold my child, and I swear each time
To be better than the ones in my bloodline

I’ll break the chain
I’m lettin’ go
Of all the hurt, so I can grow
I forgive you now
I won’t be the same
I’ll break the chain
I’ll break the chain

You didn’t know better, and that don’t make it right
But I’m done with the weight, done with the fight
I still carry your face, but I walk my own way
And I teach my son love every single day

I’ll break the chain
I’m lettin’ go
Of all the hurt, so I can grow
I forgive you now
I won’t be the same
I’ll break the chain
I’ll break the chain