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Break The Cycle was released on December 25, 2025 by 12th Round Studios as a part of the album Pocket Ballads

Song Details

AlbumPocket Ballads

Release DateDecember 25, 2025

Label12th Round Studios

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM76

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Keith Williams

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Keith Williams

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Keith Williams

Engineer

Lyrics

I have worn many titles made of blood and bone,

"Monster," "God-slayer," "Never left alone."

I have stood on mountains made of what I've done,

Stared at the sunrise

And felt no sun.

Every oath I swore turned to ash in my hands,

Every "victory"

Was another ruined land.

If this is what "strength" looks like when it's through,

Then strength is a sickness

I gave to you.

They say a man is the sum of his wars…

You are the echo

Of broken shores…

But if all I've been is a blade and a roar,

What right do I have

To be anything more?

Can I break the cycle I forged in rage,

Tear my name out of the old gods' page?

If I have been death in a father's guise,

Can I still be hope

In my young son's eyes?

If all I know is to fight and to kill,

Can these hands learn

To be gentle still?

If the Fates call out that I'm only this war,

Let me be the first

To be something more.

You held an axe like it weighed your sins,

As if every swing

Was where guilt begins.

But I saw a man underneath that scar,

Not just the ghost

Of a fallen star.

You built a home in a land of snow,

Planted a tree

Where no one should grow.

I did not deserve the warmth you gave—

A beast of a man

On a warrior's grave.

You're more than the blood

On your calloused hands…

Then why do they tremble

When he understands?

Father, why do you stare at the sky,

Like you're waiting for gods

Who won't reply?

Because I've killed them once, I've torn them down,

But their shadows linger

On this frozen ground.

If they come again, will you fight like before?

Not for glory now…

But to guard your door.

I will break the cycle they wrote in stone,

Shatter the throne I once called my own.

If I have been doom in a husband's skin,

I will not let that

Be the fate you're in.

You've walked through fire,

You've walked through war…

Can an old wound

Be something more?

If the gods demand that you bear my scar,

Then let all their wrath

Fall where I are.

If a life must pay for what I've been before,

Let it end in me—

And go no more.

You split our temples,

You broke our crown,

You dragged the heavens

Screaming down.

You are the ruin you claim to fight—

What gives you the right

To rewrite night?

Nothing but this: a choice I make,

To stand between him

And your old mistake.

If I am your weapon, then I turn this blade,

Not at the child

But at what you made.

He bears your blood,

He bears your name…

He will not bear

Your endless shame.

The line of ruin ends in me—

I'll feed you my soul

And set him free.

I will break the cycle with these scarred hands,

Stand against prophecy, gods, and their plans.

If all I've been is a history of war,

Let the last verse end

At my front door.

You took the weight

I never knew—

You chose a path

Away from "cruel"…

Father of war…

Learning to stay…

If the world must burn just to give him choice,

Let the flames all answer

To my voice.

Carve on my stone when I'm ash and snow:

"He broke the cycle

By letting go."

We are not bound

To the sins of before…

Even a ghost

Can be something more.

Written by: Keith I Williams

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