Break the Chain

A hot Southern night. It was 1955
Mother brought another stranger home for supper
Father’s gone and won’t be home until Christmas time
Lock the door and turn the lights
As the footsteps tapped the floor, inside they trembled
Could they take another drunk abusive night?
Because we don’t have the answers
All we know is that it’s time to end this pain
Because the time is now or never
One more gеneration thrown into the flames
Only thirteen, waking up in a backsеat
Never knowing when or where the next meal’s coming from
Or if her mother’s ever coming back
It’s an addiction to the smack
But can we really blame her?
The scars in her run deep
It’s all she knows to keep her mind from flashing back
It only takes one life to break this chain (The power of one)
A commitment that the past will never be in vain
Your history will never be the same
This is a song for all those born into the fight
The past won’t be forgotten
But you’re stronger than your sorrow
A tragic story with an ending left to write
Will you be the victim or the promise of tomorrow?
This is a song for all those born into the fight
The past won’t forgotten, but our time is only borrowed
A tragic story with an ending left to write
Will you break the chain and be the promise of tomorrow?