The Weight I Carry Well

Verse

I carry it in my shoulders now

A heavy bag full of what could've been

The rain lets up before the storm can come again

Leaves still holding onto summer's end

Every lamp post humming soft and low

Painting a map that only I know

Windows glow like fireflies gone gold

I'm walking through it slow, letting go

Pre-Chorus

Tell me how much weight a man can hold

Before the tired starts to show

Tell me if this is carrying or told

Is this strength or is this just letting go

Chorus

The weight I carry well

Is not the weight at all

It's learning how to let it fall

The weight I carry well

Is being still

When every part of me wants to run

Verse 2

Sirens fade like they never happened now

Someone's laughing two blocks down

A paper cup with ice gone flat and brown

I'm still holding this, but my shoulders lower down

Every heartbeat used to ask for more

Now it just hums a single note, not four

I used to chase the color in the stormy sky

Now I'm just chasing what feels right

Pre-Chorus

Tell me how much weight a man can hold

Before the tired starts to show

Tell me if this is carrying or told

Is this strength or is this just letting go

Chorus

The weight I carry well

Is not the weight at all

It's learning how to let it fall

The weight I carry well

Is being still

When every part of me wants to run

Bridge

Maybe 'well' isn't a badge I keep

Maybe it's just standing soft and deep

I don't need a witness, I just need the ground

This is my own hands letting go at last

The rain has stopped without a sound

The whole sky's clearing out its gray

Something heavy just let itself stay

Chorus

The weight I carry well

Is not the weight at all

It's learning how to let it fall

The weight I carry well

Is being still

When every part of me wants to run