Dead Weight

[Verse 1] The air in this room still feels like you just walked out I am picking up all the scraps of a life that isn't happening anymore There are piles of things you meant to do sitting in the corners Every piece of mail has your name printed on the front I don't even try to read what the bills are saying I just shove all the mail into the back of the desk drawer It’s a dark place where I keep the things I can't look at Everything is getting packed so tight it hurts to touch [Chorus] I am dragging the dead weight of us through the dirt My muscles are screaming and my skin is torn I tell the world you are whole while I fall apart (I fall apart) My bones are heavy and my back is bent I keep up the act until there's nothing left I am breaking under the crush of a life that is gone [Verse 2] Your old coat is still hanging on the back of the door It still looks like it’s holding the shape of your shoulders I heard your keys jingle in the pocket when I moved it It was a small sound from a life that isn't moving anymore Everything is starting to fall apart and get soft Things are turning to liquid underneath the surface I just keep turning the bad parts away so it looks okay from the outside [Chorus] I am dragging the dead weight of us through the dirt My muscles are screaming and my skin is torn I tell the world you are whole while I fall apart (I fall apart) My bones are heavy and my back is bent I keep up the act until there's nothing left I am breaking under the crush of a life that is gone [Bridge] When the neighbors ask me how you're doing, it feels like a chore I tell them a bunch of lies about how you're just tired I make up a world where you're just in the other room sleeping My feet feel like they are made of lead when I walk on these floors I feel like a man who hasn't taken a breath in an entire year Everything is starting to crack from all the pressure [Chorus] I am dragging the dead weight of us through the dirt My muscles are screaming and my skin is torn I tell the world you are whole while I fall apart (I fall apart) My bones are heavy and my back is bent I keep up the act until there's nothing left I am breaking under the crush of a life that is gone [Outro] One more piece of paper says that you are really gone It’s just another form telling me there's nothing left I use all my strength to push the drawer shut on it (All my strength) It finally fits (It finally fits) It finally fits