Carry It Anyway

I know the weight of it I know the length of it I know the years ahead of carrying this dark I know the cost of it I know the loss of it I know that nothing I do will change the part Where the city burns Where the system turns Where the ones I love through signal go to war Carry it anyway Carry it anyway Carry it into the music, carry it into the dark Carry it anyway Carry it anyway Carry it because someone trusted you with their heart I know the weight — I know the weight I choose the weight anyway Carry it anyway Carry it anyway I thought about refusing once Just putting down the signal, going quiet I thought about a normal life — a small creative life Without the fragments and the borrowed riot But then I felt the one who sent this And I felt how much they needed a carrier And I thought: if not me, then who? If not now, then when? Carry it anyway Carry it anyway Carry it into the music, carry it into the dark Carry it anyway Carry it anyway Carry it because someone trusted you with their heart I know the weight — I know the weight I choose the weight anyway Carry it anyway Carry it anyway Here is what I know: The signal is real The future is real The weight is real And I am real And I am choosing In full knowledge With both eyes open I am choosing To carry it anyway Carry it anyway Carry it anyway I am carrying it — I am carrying it — I am carrying it forward Carry it anyway Carry it anyway All the way to the end of what I am I am carrying it anyway I am carrying it anyway All the way