[Intro - sparse] (kemençe hook, distant 808 rumble) [Verse 1 - deep male rap] I carry the weight, every step, every scar Every silence I buried is a war I still fight The kemençe's crying but I keep it hid 'Cause pain don't stop when you close your eyes at night I count the hours like a rosary of pain Every scar's a story I can't explain Mountains hum the songs we used to know You're a shadow now, dissolved in snow [Chorus - female vocal, melodic] This is the weight I carry every day A silence louder than the words I couldn't say I'm drowning slow in everything we lost No matter how far, I still feel the cost (the cost, the cost) [Verse 2 - deep male rap] Left unspoken, buried in the ground Your name still echoes through this empty town I trace the streets where your shadow stayed Colors of memory that never fade The kemençe screams what my voice can't say Carrying my heart, miles and miles away [Chorus - female vocal, melodic] This is the weight I carry every day A silence louder than the words I couldn't say I'm drowning slow in everything we lost No matter how far, I still feel the cost (the cost, the cost) [Instrumental Break - kemençe solo] (kemençe weaving through trap beat, 808 pulse underneath) [Bridge - stripped, male rap, raw] If grief has a language, it sounds like this string If love left a wound, this is everything No crown, no throne, just the weight I hold This is my story, this is my soul [Final Chorus - female vocal, biggest] This is the weight I carry every day A silence louder than the words I couldn't say I'm drowning slow in everything we lost No matter how far, I still feel the cost (the cost, forever the cost) [Outro] (kemençe fading, female vocal ad-lib fading) Still carrying... still carrying...
