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Here’s a tightened, structured song version that keeps your message but gives it flow, rhythm, and repetition:

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**(Verse 1)**
I still try to hide my crying
Grin and bear it, I’ve been lying
Lord knows that I’ve been trying
Through the cold and unforgiving
Worn-down skin and bones that stiffen
Still I’m praying, still believing

But praying don’t get you by
When the weight won’t let you rise

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**(Chorus)**
Life weighs heavy on my soul
Hope don’t feel like it’s enough
Failing with a family now
Makes the fall twice as rough
Now I carry it everywhere I go
They say stars shine in the night
So why do I just glow?

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**(Verse 2)**
Now I’m living after dying
Seen the heavens, met the devil without trying
In this life I’m still buying
Even if I land on my feet while crying

Every step, it’s getting colder
Every year, a little older
There’s a boulder on my shoulder
Still I hold it for us all

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**(Chorus)**
Life weighs heavy on my soul
Hope don’t feel like it’s enough
Failing with a family now
Makes the fall twice as rough
Now I carry it everywhere I go
They say stars shine in the night
So why do I just glow?

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**(Bridge)**
Maybe glow is just the start
Fire buried in the dark
Maybe I’ve been lit all along
Just learning how to spark

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**(Final Chorus)**
Life weighs heavy on my soul
But I’m stronger than I was
Even with a family now
I’m still rising through the dust
Yeah I carry it everywhere I go
They say stars shine in the night
So why do I just glow

Country male vocals, 2000s country blues