THE WEIGHT I CARRY

INTRO — spoken, soft guitar

Yeah…

Some people see the fight.

But they don’t see the weight.

This one’s for the ones who carry everything alone.

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HOOK (Chorus)

I carry weight that nobody sees,

Working these days till it ruins my sleep.

Body is tired but the fight runs deep—

Yeah, the weight I carry still carries me.

Life hits hard trying to break my soul,

But I get back up every time I’m low.

Pressure made steel where the pain used to be—

The weight I carry keeps shaping me.

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VERSE 1

Blue-collar mornings hit before the sun,

Working through weather that makes most run.

Hands cracked open, boots soaked through,

But quitting ain’t something I ever learned to do.

Family scars cut deep in my skin,

Trying to love people who don’t let you in.

And every time the world tried to tighten its grip,

I learned to breathe slow and tighten my fist.

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HOOK (Chorus)

I carry weight that nobody sees,

Working these days till it ruins my sleep.

Body is tired but the fight runs deep—

Yeah, the weight I carry still carries me.

Pressure builds fire in the heart of a man—

Still I rise, still I stand.

The world don’t lift what it puts on me—

But the weight I carry keeps shaping me.

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BRIDGE — stripped down, emotional

Some nights I feel myself breaking.

Some nights I feel myself growing.

Pain is a teacher,

Pressure is a maker,

And every scar I earned

turned into something stronger.

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FINAL HOOK (Shortened)

I carry weight that nobody sees,

Working all day till I fall to my knees.

Still I rise from the edge I meet—

The weight I carry still carries me.

Fade with heavy guitar.