The Weight

They say a man supposed to carry it all…

The bills… the pressure… the family… the silence.

And somewhere in all that carrying…

he forgets who’s carrying him.

I gave years to the uniform…

years to the grind…

years to people who said they’d never leave.

And somehow…

I still ended up feeling alone.

Verse

Twenty years in, still fighting wars inside

Smiles on my face but got pain I hide

Built this house from dirt, gave my blood for the name

But when the lights go off, man it don’t feel the same

Kids growing fast, life moving quicker

Heart got cold but the drink hit thicker

Tried to be solid, tried to stay real

But nobody asks how the strong man feels

Love came, love left, came back in disguise

Truth hit hard when I looked in her eyes

Said forever once, now forever feels gone

So I put all my hurt in these words and songs

(hook)

This that pain you feel but never say

This that love you lose along the way

This that weight of being “the man” too long

Welcome to my life… welcome to my songs