Verse 1) Iron doesn’t bend, it just starts to crack, The weight of the world is pressing down hard. Hands that could break stone are shaking now, Sitting alone in the dust of the yard. Ain’t no one left to lean on at all, The silence is getting too heavy to bear. You build up a fortress to weather the storm, Then look up and realize nobody’s there. (Chorus) 'Cause even the strongest are ready to rest, We're failing the test that we never signed for. I want to quit, let the heavy load fall, I don't want to answer the call anymore. When the armor gets heavy and night gets too long, Even the toughest are crying this song. (Verse 2) The sky looks as heavy as lead overhead, The soil is too dry to give any hope. Swallowing words that are better left unsaid, Just swinging my feet at the end of the rope. Every step forward feels like a long mile, And I’m choking to death on a tired old smile. Flustered and fractured, spun out in the haze, Lost in the ghost of my own yesterdays. (Chorus) 'Cause even the strongest are ready to rest, We're failing the test that we never signed for. I want to quit, let the heavy load fall, I don't want to answer the call anymore. When the armor gets heavy and night gets too long, Even the toughest are crying this song. (Bridge) I’m so damn tired of holding it up, Drinking the dust from an empty cup! Can someone just look at me, tell me it's okay, To lay down my sword and just walk away? I’m lonely, I’m broken, I’m freezing inside, Nowhere left left to run, nowhere left to hide. (Guitar Solo / Instrumental Break) (Chorus) 'Cause even the strongest are ready to rest, We're failing the test that we never signed for. I want to quit, let the heavy load fall, I don't want to answer the call anymore. When the armor gets heavy and night gets too long, Even the toughest are crying this song. (Outro) Just let me lay down on this cold floor... I can't carry this weight anymore. The strongest are tired. The strongest are done. We put out the fire. And hid from the sun.
