THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD

A grieving father

A half dead mother

An angry sister

And a son that misses them

Yea, couldn’t sit still

And never listened

Failing and left with one decision

The world needed saving

So he enlisted

Always alone loosing passions

Happiness never lasted

More dark rooms

More empty bottles than table

Drank so much couldn’t afford cable

Couldn’t steady his life

Nothing was stable

Foot prints in the carpet, routes carved in this house

Sometimes it’s imagined doused in flames

Turned to ashes turned to just memories

Wanting to wake up from this bad dream

I just want to get up and leave

Oh god I want to feel free

What am I meant for

I can’t keep carrying the weight of the world

Ooooooh

Slumped over the couch

So just light the match

Burn it down

I want to drown

In the flames

I apologize

I’m sorry you came

I know it’s a sight

The smell, the heavy air

Matted hair

Locked away in my own prison

Just waiting for it to be over

I’m in a war with myself

And I’m loosing

I open my mouth but nothing comes out

The signs are so loud

That I’m not winning this fight

In the ever changing climate

When I try to change it

One step forward

Two steps back

What do I lack

Am I that lost

I can’t get back on track

Oooooh

Just a lonely man

Trying to curl the weight of the world

So one last glass

One last time

Saying I’m fine

To my family

Only one knowing I’m lying

I’m tired and angry

Confused and lost

Dizzy and in the fog

So I’m not shocked

When I put that bottle to my head

And

AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

Body stiff, blood runs cold

Troubles run away

What did I even say

Before

Did I pray

Or just lay myself down

I wanted to feel the warmth

A hug I want to be loved

Before my soul was twirled

By the weight of the world

Ooooooh

A grieving father

A half dead mother

An angry sister

And a son that misses them

Drowned in the chaos

Lost in the oasis

Surrounded by unfamiliar places

Filing in the spaces

Dying in a place

Where I was forced to adapt

But I lacked

I just couldn’t carry

The weight

So this is the place I’m buried

Under the world

The weight of the world