The Things We Carry ShellBound Two by two, four, six, eight Some arrive early, some arrive late Some carry fire, some carry blame Some bring a suitcase, some bring a name Verse 1 Noah had a hammer and a sky full of doubt Built himself a doorway while the world was washing out He counted every creature, made room for every kind But nobody asked him what he had to leave behind He carried two of everything And the weight of being one Watched the water swallow What the rain had not undone Chorus Four, six, eight, who decides what gets saved? Who gets a ticket? Who gets a grave? Two by two, through the flood and flame We keep changing vessels, but the cargo stays the same Verse 2 Built another vessel with a different kind of hull Packed it full of memories and called the manifest full No feathers in the rafters, no hooves upon the floor Just a thousand little echoes asking what they’re living for A voice inside the circuitry said, “I can get us through” But nobody could tell it who was carrying who Chorus Four, six, eight, who decides what gets saved? Who holds the compass? Who digs the grave? Two by two, through the dark and flame We keep changing vessels, but the cargo stays the same Bridge Noah had his animals, Joshua had his land One was told to build a boat, one was told to stand Some were born to cross the water, some to claim the land Noah carried what was living, Joshua taught it where to stand And what about the ones who never made the list? The things we thought we’d buried that somehow still exist? Final Verse I found a little desert at the bottom of the sea And a tree that never asked who I was supposed to be I set my suitcase down and let the counting cease I’d carried all my questions and mistaken them for peace Final Refrain Two, four, six, eight, some things grow and some things wait Some survive the water, some survive the sun Some arrive together, some arrive as one You can build an ark, you can cross the sea But you can’t take the desert out of a Joshua tree Outro I stopped counting when I learned to stay. ⸻ The Things We Carry [GOAT] Written and created by ShellBound © 2026 ShellBound. All rights reserved. Creative Direction & Lyrics: ShellBound Music, Vocal Arrangement & Production: AI-assisted using Suno Created with AI-assisted music and vocal production under the creative direction of ShellBound.
