The Weight Of It All
Lyrics
Intro
Soft falsetto
Mmm...
Mmm...
Verse 1
I held your name like glass
Soft in my palm
One little breath
And the whole room calmed
You laughed and I felt
How the world can bend
Like a match in rain
Still burning again
Verse 2
I chased forever once
Like it owed me gold
But your touch taught me
Some truths stay untold
We are here then gone
Like smoke through my skin
Still I reach for you
Where the ache begins
Pre-Chorus
(And I know)
Nothing stays
(But your eyes)
Make it stay
For a while
For a while
(For a while)
Chorus
Background Vocals: Light in my hands
Light in my hands
You make me feel
The weight of it all
Background Vocals: Light in my hands
Light in my hands
Every dream
Every rise and fall
I let it go
Still I don't fall
Choir
No, I don't fall
Verse 3
You said love is brief
Like a church door slam
Then you kissed my cheek
Like a promised land
Now I wear your loss
Like a Sunday ring
And the air around us
Still knows that thing
The way your shadow
Still follows me home
Like a hymn unfinished
Still calling my soul
Pre-Chorus
(And I know)
Hearts break slow
(But your face)
Makes me glow
For a night
For a night
(For a night)
Chorus
Background Vocals: Light in my hands
Light in my hands
You make me feel
The weight of it all
Background Vocals: Light in my hands
Light in my hands
Every prayer
Every shadow on the wall
I let it go
Still I don't fall
Choir
No, I don't fall
Post-Chorus
When the world comes down
Choir
Comes down
Comes down
You keep lifting me now
Choir
Lift me now
Bridge
Strings rise
If nothing lasts
Then why does it hurt?
Why does your ghost
Still live in my words?
If all we are
Is dust in the air
Then why does your love
Still feel like a prayer?
Choir
Like a prayer
Like a prayer
I was lost in the heavy
Till you held me now
Choir
Hold me now
Key Change
Final Chorus
Full Gospel Choir
Heaven in my hands
Heaven in my hands
You make me feel
The weight of it all
Fire in my hands
Fire in my hands
Every dream
Every rise and fall
I let it go
Still I don't fall
Choir
No, I don't fall
If love is brief
Then love's enough
Choir
Love's enough
Outro / Coda
If life is light
Then that's enough
Choir
That's enough
If nothing stays
Then that's enough
Choir
That's enough
I held your heart
And that's enough
Choir
That's enough
That's enough
That's enough
Lead Ad-libs
You were here...
You were here...
That's enough...
Fade