[Verse 1] Sugar in my coffee Yeah I know it ain't right But the bitterness of morning It needs a little light Another cigarette burns down A whisper in the wind Every breath a tiny treason Where does it all begin? [Verse 2] They talk of clean living From their high-up Gilded rooms While the dust of our struggle It settles in our tombs Fines for a broken window A child's hungry cry They call it justice Honey I just call it a lie [Chorus] Oh The weight of what we know It presses on my soul This poisoned love This bitter cup It's taking its toll They got their easy answers Their quiet Soft belief While we choke on the silence And bury our own grief Yeah The weight of what we know It just won't let us go [Verse 3] I see them in their carriages All polished and bright Never a worry in their eyes Never a sleepless night They preach of opportunity Of chances to be seized But some of us are born kneeling Forever on our knees [Bridge] And the saxophone wails A lonely Mournful sound For all the words unspoken For all the truth unfound The cello sighs a lament Deep and low and slow For the secrets we keep hidden For the seeds that we sow [Chorus] Oh The weight of what we know It presses on my soul This poisoned love This bitter cup It's taking its toll They got their easy answers Their quiet Soft belief While we choke on the silence And bury our own grief Yeah The weight of what we know It just won't let us go
