The Weight Of My Heart

[Pigfarmer Jr]

The Weight Of My Heart
Pigfarmer Jr

The autumn leaves fall to the ground
And I can't help but feel you never wanted me around
The autumn wind begins to blow
The sun sets early as the darkness falls, the silence grows

And the weight of my heart
I can't bear it
Blood on my sleeves
I can't wear it
I don't know what I'm supposed to say
To you

The sunset fades into the night
The more I sit and think, the m ore I think that you were right
And as the stars begin to shine
I slowly realize that you would never agree to be mine

And the weight of my heart
I can't bear it
Blood on my sleeves
I can't wear it
I don't know what I'm supposed to say
To you

And the rain starts to fall hard upon the hills and valleys
And my heart breaks when I think of my lost family

The weight of my heart
I can't bear it
Blood on my sleeves
I can't wear it
I don't know what I'm supposed to say

And the weight of my heart
I can't bear it
Blood on my sleeves
I can't wear it
I don't know what I'm supposed to say
To you

[robynmackenzie]

The Weight of My Heart
Robyn Mackenzie

I wanna be a rockstar
I wanna be a ghost
I wanna start over

I wanna be a shadow
I wanna have the most
I wanna be sober

And I've been thinking about a revolution
But I've been drinking gasoline and breathing out pollution
And singing a song about the evolution of my soul

And the galaxies are constantly in motion
Should I give up everything and sink into devotion
I'm restless and I don't know how to become whole

I lose myself to my own scars
I find the truth in dying stars
And you say it's ordinary and you say it isn't scary but I bet you couldn't carry
The weight of my heart
The weight of my heart

I wanna be a ruler
I wanna be a stone
I wanna drink poison

I wanna be the sunlight
I wanna be alone
I wanna let the noise in

And it's one foot in front of the other
Don't wanna be your therapist, don't wanna be a mother
And every road in front of me is gonna lead to suffering

And yeah, I know I gotta sit in silence
But they tell me that I'm crazy and they tell me that I'm violent
And some other voice is calling me to fall into the sky and sing

I lose myself to my own scars
I find the truth in dying stars
And you say it's ordinary and you say it isn't scary but I bet you couldn't carry
The weight of my heart
The weight of my heart

I lose myself to my own scars
I find the truth in dying stars
And you say it's ordinary and you say it isn't scary but I bet you couldn't carry
The weight of my heart
The weight of my heart
The weight of my heart

[the panna cotta army]

The Weight Of My Heart
the pannacotta army

Dreaming away the morning hours
In your old creaking bed
Not a word has passed our lips
They remain unsaid

Because I know that you love me
Even though I'm not smart
And your tenderness eases
The weight of my heart

I can hear your gentle breath
I can feel it's touch
I don't need to read your thoughts
They're so obvious

You know all my secrets
The light and the dark
You share my troubles
And the weight of my heart

I don't care what's gone before
That's all in the past
I don't need assurances
There's nothing I need to ask

Because I know that you love me
Even though I'm not smart
The beauty of you eases
The weight of my heart

[lichenthroat]

The Weight of My Heart
Lichen Throat

I threw my last handful of change in the net of the tollbooth,
Head turned right to hide my two black eyes and a broken tooth.
Farewell now to Illinois and its quiet suburban blocks;
Hello to Wisconsin’s factory towns and warehouse loading docks.
I don’t want to think about the weight of my heart;
I want to forget what made this start.
Why can’t I be the guy with the cooler head;
Why am I always seeing red?

I saw her in Millennium Park in a sweatshirt and tattered jeans,
With a greasy sack of cheese popcorn and her nose pressed against the Bean.
She lived out in Joliet with a front yard full of weeds;
I lived in a West Town flat with a closet full of tweed.
I drove an hour on I-55 every Friday afternoon;
Monday morning always came around way too soon.
She’d just given me a bottom drawer and a key to her duplex,
When I answered a knock to find the scowling face of her ex.
I don’t want to think about the weight of my heart;
I want to forget what made this start.
Why can’t I be the guy with the cooler head;
Why am I always seeing red?

Words were harsh right from the start
And neither would desist.
When he called her a shameless tart,
I clenched and swung my fist.

Blood was smeared on the concrete steps and the faded siding paint.
Just a couple-minute brawl, but we’d both lost all restraint.
The next-door neighbor in her yard had seen me escalate,
So I left before the cops arrived and headed out of state.
I don’t want to think about the weight of my heart;
I want to forget what made this start.
Why can’t I be the guy with the cooler head;
Why am I always seeing red?

[Duncan]

The Weight of My Heart
Duncan Martin

C Em
We strolled beside the northern slough
Am F maj7
a road a fence a field of cows
C G Fmaj7
And the rustle of our feet the only sound

C E7
And the the weight of my heart
Am Fmaj7
as we wandered from the dark
C G C
was the only thing that held me to the ground

Inst verse

The lights were out all down the block
The moon faced off with the town hall clock,
the months and hours were counted in the round

And her hand held tight
as the stillness of the night
was tickled by the howling of a hound

F Am C F Am G


We were pushing her curfew
What’s a half an hour or two
To a dad who’s mad and drinks till he’s forlorn

A captains chair a murky stare
A glass of Mayville’s Rich and Rare
The cheapest blend of wheat and rye and corn

I’d welcome any scorn
And forgive him any ornery
Behaviour. He’d been dealt a hand by life

But when we returned that night
There wasn’t any fighting
Just a broken glass and the Vicar’s final rights

Bridge Am Em Am Em Dm Am Em G7

C Em
Well it’s not my place to say but
Am Fmaj7
Its lucky that he went this way
C G
He spared us from himself for what it;’s
Fmaj7
worth

C E7
And the weight of his heart
Am Fmaj7
As the clouds began to part
C G
Kept him down just one more moment on
C
this earth

[MellyP]

The Weight of My Heart
mellfire

You can’t get out of bed
Or get me off your mind
You’ve got a lot on your plate
I take up all of your time

I never answer you back
Don’t mind when we’re apart
You keep hanging on because you think
That’s the way to my heart

Are we stuck in here after all these years in a waiting room?
You never loved me right, you never changed for me like you said you would

You tell me “never again”
You want to make a new start
But you never make a move (and I know why)
It’s the weight of my heart

Now we’re locked in this house with no connection to our neighbourhood
I never had your back, I never put you first like I said I would

It’s the weight of my heart
Don’t know the way to my heart
It’s the weight of my heart
Don’t know the way to my heart

[Merle Fyshwick]

The Weight of My Heart - The Magnetic Letters

The weight of my heart is dragging my cloud down
And it's harder to find those golden lights
Well it all fell apart when I fell for that clown
And he told me he wanted Mac Tonight

He promised me I could be in my own commercials
He showered me with toys and paid for my new keys
But a jealous clown will say things that are hurtful
Laughed at my chin, asked where I been, got Hamburglar to follow me

The weight of my heart's pulled me down from the sky
And I'm losing my will to entertain
Now I'm back at the start turning tricks to get by
And I'm telling you so you don't do the same

I lost my appetite on the night we went dancing
Tripping on his shoes he said I was to blame
He cancelled my ad, said he couldn't get financing
Took off his gloves, then he got rough - now you know why I wear shades

The weight of my heart means the night-time is gonna be dark

[starfinger]

The Weight of My Heart
by Starfinger


I saw your breath
in the light of the moon
and thought
"i wonder why she's back so soon"

but you never left
you just waited on the deck
waited in the shadows for me


when i walked through the door
you hit me with an oar
screaming damn me and my foolish plans

and i splashed into the waves
greeted my briny grave
a splash of blood on your wedding gown
the weight of my heart dragging me down

to the bottom

dowwwwwwwwwwwwn
down to the bottom
dowwwwwwwwwwwwn
the weight of my heart
drags me down down down down down down

the weight of my heart drags me down
past the fish and past the mammals
to the very bottom

i turned and saw my bloated meat
in the sea's dark
in the mouth of a shark
enjoying its treat

and then suddenly i am standing with you again
in our stateroom on the ship
my new bride


i thought i died
i saw myself die
floating at the bottom of the sea
you hit with me an oar
i said what did you do that for
hoooie ooie ooie

i embraced her with a tear
tried to smile away the fear
she said "i'd never do that on our
honeymoon"
it's way too soon

another oar across my neck
a broken man in a shipwreck
and i am doomed

DOOMED

dowwwwwwwwwwwwn
down to the bottom
the weight of my heart
drags me down
the weight of my heart
drags me down down down down down down
dowwwwwwwwwwwwn
the weight of my heart drags me
down down down down down