[Verse 1] Nothing starts heavy Not the first time through A favor learns my address And keeps coming back on cue First a favor, then a task Then a problem they can't bear All the things they couldn't carry Start becoming mine to wear There was never one last burden Never one that crossed the line I kept yielding inch by inch Till the space left wasn't mine I kept everything they handed Found a place for it to stay Never noticed I was shrinking Till I started wearing away [Chorus] The ground was never dug The grave came up around me Another weight Another year Another piece of me Goes under And I brace For another No dirt No stone Just everything piling up Buried. Standing. Up. [Verse 2] At first I knew the difference What was theirs and what was mine Then the seam between them vanished One burden at a time The things I meant to handle Kept slipping down the line Every loose end left with me Moved ahead of what was mine I kept borrowing from tomorrow Just to keep today on track Every hour I gave away Was one I'll never get back When I finally looked around me There was nowhere left to stand Everything I'd made room for Had taken all the space I had [Bridge] I became the place things landed The place they came to stay What I thought was making room Was me putting myself away I kept mistaking what I managed For what I still could bear Every time I made it through I counted that as room to spare [Short Instrumental Break] [8 bars, crushing sludge riff] [Slow bent lead guitar] [Feedback building into breakdown] [Brutal Breakdown] [Crushing half-time riff] [Aggressive shouted vocals] [Massive drum hits] [Feedback and dissonant guitar] Every time I made it through I called it room to spare Until there was no room LEFT ANYWHERE [Final Chorus] The ground was never dug The grave came up around me Another weight Another year Another piece of me Goes under And I brace For another No dirt No stone Just everything piling up Buried. Standing. Up. [End]
