Shaped by Promises Lyrics

You woke up in a world built on borrowed time

The clock keeps bleeding, but no one looks at the hands

They call it freedom while they hold the leash

Tighten it just enough to let you breathe

You thought your choices were a map

But the roads were always written in their ink

They sold you dreams wrapped in iron—

Heavy enough to keep you grounded

Now you're running, feet lost in the fog

With ghosts of your own ambition at your heels

They whisper in static, a fading dialogue

Not loud enough to break you, but strong enough to feel

Just sharp enough to keep you moving

"Stay in your lane," they said

But the lane is a cage without walls

Built from the things they told you to claim

This is not a war—it's a slow suffocation

Breaths slipping through cracks you can't widen

Even your shadows feel heavier now

Shaped by promises were never yours

Never yours

You looked for the stars in their approval

But the sky was rented space—

And when the rent came due

You couldn't afford the view anymore

The mirror shows you someone's version of you

Whose eyes are these, anyway?

You want to be more, but less of what they made

Even though they keep saying it's safer to stay the same

This is not a war—it's a slow suffocation

Breaths slipping through cracks you can't widen

Even your shadows feel heavier now

Shaped by promises were never yours

NEVER YOURS

NEVER YOURS