[Verse 1]
Grandmother left without a word or reason why
Left her daughter asking questions to an empty sky
Grandfather turned to bottles, checked out from the pain
Two wounds carved deep, a pattern starts its reign
[Chorus]
Map the chain, see the line
How the past shapes what we find
Future stolen, hope consumed
By the wounds we've inherited and assumed
Map the chain, break the spell
Name the story we know so well
[Verse 2]
Mother grew up with no ground beneath her feet
No sense of time that felt solid or complete
Father lost his dad when he was still so young
Left him hungry to be someone's solid rung
[Chorus]
Map the chain, see the line
How the past shapes what we find
Future stolen, hope consumed
By the wounds we've inherited and assumed
Map the chain, break the spell
Name the story we know so well
[Verse 3]
Her empty need met his desperate drive to fill
Two broken pieces finding perfect fit of will
Marriage became a project, closed and tight
Consuming all tomorrows just to make today right
[Bridge]
I grew up inside that system
Learned to breathe that recycled air
Now I'm holding my own son
And I wonder what he'll bear
[Verse 4]
The chain won't stop, that much is crystal clear
But naming it might change what happens here
Recognition is the doorway, not the cure
But seeing makes us conscious, that's for sure
[Chorus]
Map the chain, see the line
How the past shapes what we find
Future stolen, hope consumed
By the wounds we've inherited and assumed
Map the chain, break the spell
Name the story we know so well
[Outro]
The question isn't whether it continues on
The question is what changes when the darkness meets the dawn
Map the chain, map the chain
See what's hidden in the pain