I Was Broken, Not Finished by Jay Jeong un Yang

 

I created a song using Suno  titled 'I Was Broken, Not Finished', and the lyrics were inspired by the book 'The Curse of Chalion' by Lois McMaster Bujold. It was made as a gift for Kim JaeJoong.

The artwork featured in the videos was created by me using ChatGPT. 

 

This is version 1.

  

 

This is version 2.

  

  Lyrics:

Verse 1
They said the road had ended
Where the iron chains had been
Dust upon my shoulders
Years carved into my skin
I thought the cracks meant I was done
A vessel torn apart
A story half-forgotten
In the ruins of a heart

Pre-Chorus
But the quiet voice inside me
Would not fade away
Even in the shadow
It was asking me to stay

Chorus
I was broken, not finished
The fire still remained
Every scar a lantern
In the darkness and the rain
I thought the cracks meant I was ending
Like a page that fate dismissed
But broken things still carry light
I was broken, not finished

Verse 2
The road did not grow kinder
The night did not grow small
But somewhere in the silence
I began to hear a call
Not every wound is weakness
Not every fall defeat
Sometimes the soul grows stronger
Where the stone and mercy meet

Pre-Chorus
I carried all the pieces
I thought I’d left behind
And slowly they became the shape
Of something still alive

Chorus
I was broken, not finished
The fire still remained
Every scar a lantern
In the darkness and the rain
I thought the cracks meant I was ending
Like a promise torn to bits
But broken things still carry light
I was broken, not finished

Bridge
Maybe the gods were listening
Even when I could not pray
Maybe the shattered pathways
Were the ones that showed the way
A heart remade by suffering
A strength no crown could give
Not every soul that’s wounded
Has forgotten how to live

Final Chorus
I was broken, not finished
The dawn still called my name
Every scar a lantern
Guiding me through flame
I thought the cracks meant I was over
That my hope had simply missed
But broken things still carry light
I was broken, not finished

Outro
So if your road is shattered
And the night feels infinite
Remember every wounded heart
Is broken… not finished.