[Verse 1]
Morning broke on broken houses
Photos floating in the mud
Names on cardboard
Hands still shaking
Dust and sirens in the flood
One small shoe among the gravel
Phone lines dead
No way to call
I see mothers counting faces
Praying they miscounted all
[Chorus]
We will carry what we can
Every heart
Every hand
If your world fell through the floor
I will drag you to the shore
When the sky forgets to shine
You can lean your weight on mine
We will carry what we can
We will carry what we can (oh-oh)
[Verse 2]
Empty chairs at crowded shelters
Echoes where the futures were
Wedding rings in paper envelopes
Shaking as they sign the forms
All the stories cut to pieces
All the what-ifs
All the why's
But your tears are not abandoned
They are fuel inside our eyes
[Chorus]
We will carry what we can
Every heart
Every hand
If your world fell through the floor
I will drag you to the shore
When the sky forgets to shine
You can lean your weight on mine
We will carry what we can
We will carry what we can (yeah, yeah)
[Bridge]
Raise your lights
For every name we never met
Raise your voice
For every promise drowned in debt
If you are shaking
I am staying (I am staying)
If you are breaking
I’ll be there
We are the answer we are praying
We are the hands inside the prayer
[Chorus]
We will carry what we can
Every heart
Every hand
If your world fell through the floor
I will drag you to the shore
When the sky forgets to shine
You can lean your weight on mine
We will carry what we can
We will carry what we can (oh-oh)
We will carry what we can
We will carry what we can