Breaking Invisible Chains

There was always a shadow on the floor

Running to lock the bedroom door (shhh)

I spent a lifetime trying to please your eyes

Chasing the gold behind your bitter lies

You took my spirit,

bent my fragile mind

But blame was something you could never find

And then I looked at my own sweet girl

Saw you casting shadows on her world I had to draw the

line to keep them safe No more silence in this sacred space

Now the boundary's up,

the lock is turned

Healing from the bridges that we burned No more keeping quiet for

the peace

I finally found my own release

(yeah, I'm letting go)

But the hardest part of walking free

Was seeing the one who stood by silently

Oh Dad, I loved you,

you were my lifeline But quiet compliance is a line of design

You let her break me while you closed your eyes

(why did you let her?)

But I am writing a brand new page Stepping out of that

generational cage I look at my husband,

I look at my home I realize I am no longer alone

Now the boundary's up,

the lock is turned

Healing from the bridges that we burned No more keeping quiet for

the peace

I finally found my own release (yeah,

we're letting go)

Breathing in the light,

breathing out the past (we made it out,

yeah) With the ones who love me true at last