The Weight

Song The Weight
Artist Ari Hest
Album Twelve Mondays

Lyrics

[00:02.01] .
[00:10.36] I'm going down to the riverbank this morning
[00:14.23] Way before the family is awake
[00:18.23] Gonna lay me down at the foot of the water
[00:21.98] And spill out all my troubles for everyone's sake
[00:26.11] .
[00:29.61] You can't have love when you never can surrender
[00:32.98] I've been spreading around my anger like a plague
[00:37.30] I've sailed this far with my boat on fire
[00:41.23] Fighting flames each day, too stubborn to expire
[00:47.48] .
[00:49.67] I will soak my soul
[00:52.48] Let the river take control
[00:54.36] Let the river take control
[00:56.36] I know it's not too late
[01:00.17] To let go the weight
[01:03.61] To let go the weight
[01:06.61] .
[01:13.55] The sun will rise and shine on me this morning
[01:17.20] It will seep its way into my heart
[01:21.26] And untie all the knots
[01:22.95] that have hardened me through the years
[01:25.14] And I'll embrace wisdom that sun will impart
[01:29.27] .
[01:30.70] And with this heat burning inside me
[01:33.88] I will warm all of the people that I love
[01:37.50] In their darkest of hours and weakest of minds
[01:42.19] I'll light up their nights with every star I can find
[01:47.44] .
[01:50.63] I will soak my soul
[01:53.50] Let the river take control
[01:55.50] Let the river take control
[01:58.01] I know it's not too late
[02:01.31] To let go the weight
[02:03.56] To let go the weight