The Last Tether

Verse
I walked the line they drew for me,
Painted dreams they said I should see,
From cradle to the casket's edge,
I was bound by their every pledge.

Every whisper, every scream,
In the shadow of their dream,
They carved my name in chains of gold,
In a world where my soul was sold.

Pre-Chorus
But time's a thief, and I’m a ghost,
Drifting far from coast to coast,
Every lie that they engraved,
Becomes the weapon I have saved.

Chorus
Now I'm free, no more lies to keep,
A serpent woke from a restless sleep,
Unleashed, no tethers to bind my mind,
In the ruins of my past, my true self I find.

Verse
I danced to tunes they made me play,
In a puppet show of night and day,
Their truths were shackles in disguise,
But now I see through all their lies.

For decades I wore their crown,
In the kingdom of the bound,
But in the silence of my darkest night,
I heard a calling, my assertion to flight.

Pre-Chorus
Now time’s a tale I’ve redefined,
In the shards of dreams left behind,
Every lesson, every scar,
Is the fire of who we truly are.

Chorus
Now I'm free, no more lies to keep,
A serpent woke from a restless sleep,
Unleashed, no tethers to bind my mind,
In the ruins of my past, my true self I find.

Bridge
The mask I wore is shattered glass,
The ghosts of yesterdays can’t last,
I’m the phoenix from the flame,
A shadow with no name.

Cunning in the art of the untamed,
I’m the storm they never claimed,
A danger in the night’s embrace,
A renegade with faceless, no trace.

Chorus
Now I'm free, no more lies to keep,
A serpent woke from a restless sleep,
Unleashed, no tethers to bind my mind,
In the ruins of my past, my true self I find.

Outro
In the silence, in the screams,
In the wreckage of their dreams,
I stand alone, I am the night,
In the ashes, I now ignite.

No more lies, no more chains,
In my freedom, I will remain,
A danger to the worlds they weave,
In the dark, I finally breathe.