The Weight Below
The Weight Below
[Verse 1]
The overpass is open to the sky. The traffic takes the high road, one by one. I count the gaps between the lights and try to hear a single note above the hum.
[Pre-Chorus]
You said it loud enough for both of us to feel it. The bridge shook. The bridge held.
[Chorus]
There's a weight below the overpass that nobody can lift. The concrete knows the footprint, the rain knows every rift. And I'm not asking for a hand - I'm asking you to stand where the weight below the overpass is more than you can carry but lighter than the fear.
[Verse 2]
The railing has a frost line every March. The river cuts another bend below. You drew a circle with your heel on the arch and watched a lorry carry what we know.
[Pre-Chorus]
You said it once again but quieter this time. The bridge shook. The bridge was fine.
[Chorus]
There's a weight below the overpass that nobody can lift. The concrete knows the footprint, the rain knows every rift. And I'm not asking for a hand - I'm asking you to stand where the weight below the overpass is more than you can carry but lighter than the fear.
[Bridge]
*Stripped - bass note and voice only*
I thought the steel would hold it all. I thought the road would carry. But the bridge was built for going west, not standing still and burying what never got to move.
[Guitar Solo]
*Over the chorus changes. Melodic, slow-bending. Let it breathe.*
[Final Chorus]
There's a weight below the overpass that nobody can lift. The concrete knows the footprint, the rain knows every rift. And I'm not asking for a hand - I'm asking you to stand where the weight below the overpass is more than you can carry but lighter than the fear.
[Outro]
*Decrescendo - guitar feedback, single bass note fading*
Lighter than the fear. Lighter than the fear.