Chain Breaker

[Intro]
This one is for everybody fighting something nobody else can see
For the people trying to numb the pain, silence the memories
Sometimes the door looks like freedom
Sometimes the door locks behind you

[Verse 1]
I remember nights when the pain wouldn't sleep
Tears on my face, promises I couldn't keep
Looking for a way just to quiet my mind
Trying to leave all the broken memories behind
One choice turned into another, then another came fast
And the thing I thought would save me just kept pulling me back

[Pre-Chorus]
But I felt that chain shake
I felt that chain shake
In the middle of the dark
I heard my name

[Chorus]
You are the chain breaker
Break this chain on me
You are the chain breaker
Set my heart free
When I can't take another step
You still reach for me
You are the chain breaker
Break this chain on me

[Verse 2]
Now I'm standing in rooms where the shadows still talk
Old voices get loud when I'm out on a walk
I know how it feels to fall back in the flame
I know how it feels to be haunted by a name
So I call out for mercy when my hands start to shake
'Cause I know the stronghold cracks when the Light breaks in

[Pre-Chorus]
And I feel that chain shake
I feel that chain shake
In the middle of the dark
You call my name

[Chorus]
You are the chain breaker
Break this chain on me
You are the chain breaker
Set my heart free
When I can't take another step
You still reach for me
You are the chain breaker
Break this chain on me

[Bridge]
Every lie that said "stay"
Every night that said "give in"
Every ghost that kept me down
Loses ground again
I won't live in that cage
I won't wear that chain
When You speak over my life
I rise again

[Chorus]
You are the chain breaker
Break this chain on me
You are the chain breaker
Set my heart free
When I can't take another step
You still reach for me
You are the chain breaker
Break this chain on me

[Outro]
For everybody fighting something nobody else can see
There is hope in the morning
And there is mercy set free

Country-gospel anthem with a driving half-time stomp, handclap groove, and steady acoustic-piano lift; verse stays intimate and sparse, pre-chorus opens with rising harmonies, chorus hits wide with gang vocals and a clapping backbeat. Lead vocal is close-mic and cracked in the verses, doubled and lifted on the hook. Add a pedal-steel swell into the chorus, a filtered drum build before the bridge, and a final lift with stacked oohs. Bright, emotional, radio-ready mix., sleep