[ti:The Weight Of The World] [ar:Her Space Holiday] [al:] [00:01.63]THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD [00:09.82]her space holiday [00:19.77] [00:38.71]It could be your southern drawl [00:40.59]or how you limp when you walk [00:42.94]That makes [00:44.72]me want to say [00:48.09]all those things I never could [00:50.37]A school boy crush carved into wood [00:52.26]that fades [00:54.30]in the rain [00:57.38]You were born in a baptist house [00:59.76]with a rusty spoon inside your mouth [01:02.35]The taste [01:04.18]didn't go away [01:07.03]and when the sun comes peaking out [01:09.47]You work until it goes back down [01:11.89]the days [01:13.49]are all the same [01:16.75]With a baby boy strapped to your hip [01:19.16]and a tiny cut above your lip [01:21.56]That states [01:23.21]god doesn't save [01:26.56]everyone who buys his book [01:28.67]some of us Get overlooked [01:30.72]in a way [01:32.99]it's a shame [01:35.92]But you still walk in his light [01:38.33]and say the same words every night [01:40.48]I pray the lord my soul to keep [01:42.67]but what about the rest of me [01:45.26]My faith [01:48.50]can't take the weight [01:56.07]The summers came and left like fall [01:57.82]ten thankless years of working hard [02:00.45]The school bell rings the kids come home [02:02.87]but you still feel like you're alone [02:05.54]Because your husband holds his whiskey glass [02:07.46]tighter than a hero's past [02:10.12]You rip those black beads off your throat [02:12.15]and swap them out for a knotted rope [02:14.73]The end [02:17.92]is your only friend [02:24.55]You use that final rush of blood [02:26.38]to say the things you never could [02:29.00]I pray the lord that you will see [02:31.87]in my eyes bulge out and my body swing [02:34.36]Because I now I finally understand [02:36.85]that jesus is like every man [02:38.84]He tells you want you want to hear [02:41.46]until you fall in love and he disappears [02:43.93]My faith [02:47.21]couldn't take the weight [02:53.47]When the weight of the world [02:54.81]falls square on your shoulders [02:57.43]A pin prick or missed call [03:00.92]can somehow destroy you [03:03.82]We all are victims of warped expectations [03:08.15]when people can't save us we suddenly hate them [03:13.12]So much [03:15.30]in fact [03:17.42]that we lose our grasp [03:20.03]on reality the responsibility [03:24.60]that we have to ourselves [03:29.32]And everybody else [03:32.21]when the weight of the world falls square on your shoulders [03:36.22]A pin prick or missed call can somehow destroy you [03:41.43]We all are victims of warped expectations [03:45.80]when people can't save us [03:48.27]We suddenly hate them