(Intro) We all have had to carry the weight, Carry that weight a long time. We all have had to carry the weight, Carry that weight a long time. When speaking truth becomes a crime, And honest words are serving time, When those who tell the truth are locked away, We bear the cost of what they say. We all have had to carry the weight, Carry that weight a long time. We all have had to carry the weight, Carry that weight a long time. When you must watch the words you say, And truth is slowly pushed away, When fear becomes the price of being free, We carry what we're forced to see. We all have had to carry the weight, Carry that weight a long time. We all have had to carry the weight, Carry that weight a long time. When prisons hold the ones who write, Who dared to bring the wrong to light, When power hides the suffering from view, The weight falls down on me and you. We all have had to carry the weight, Carry that weight a long time. We all have had to carry the weight, Carry that weight a long time. But truth is not so easily chained, And silence cannot hide the blame. The years may pass, the records stay, And buried words will find their way. The hands that built the walls of fear, The voices that we learned to hear, May one day face the things they've done, When all the hiding comes undone. We all are gonna carry the weight, Carry that weight a long time. But the weight can change its shoulders, And the guilty carry theirs in time. We all are gonna carry the weight, Carry that weight a long time. The truth can change the weight of history, And the guilty carry theirs in time. (Outro.)
