Weight of Everything

Write me a response

To the news I've been given

In forty words or less

Can you make sense of this

Now everything I work for

Is dying in the living room

And everything I live for

Is eating up my savings

And now

The loneliest of hellos

Prepare me for the worst

For the sorriest of goodbyes

Made me wish you left a note

And if there's one thing

That I can trust

It's the weight of everything I lost

Cause as I hold them in my hands

I was taking down the measurements

Laying on some fresh paint

On my do not resuscitate

This body is an anchor

That floats to the surface

Now everything I sink towards

Are digging their holes deeper

And the fastest way to the shore

Is eating up my lungs

And all this wading does

Is leave marks on my thick skin

I made no use of knowing

That our time was at an end

Now every moment's notice

Is a half heart reminder

And every waking moment

Is a souring of the note

And now

The loneliest of hellos

Prepare me for the worst

For the sorriest of goodbyes

And I'll do what you won't

And if there's one thing

That I can trust

It's the weight of everything I lost

Cause as I hold them in my hands

I was taking down the measurements

So that I know how light I'll be

When they all eventually leave me

If there's one thing that I can trust

It's weight of everything I lost

This fire won't burn anymore

This candle's been safely ignored

This fire won't burn anymore

This candle's been safely ignored

And if there's one thing

That I can trust

It's the weight of everything I lost

Cause as I hold them in my hands

I was taking down the measurements

So that I know how light I'll be

When they all eventually leave me

If there's one thing that I can trust

It's weight of everything I lost