Jo Bench’s Devoid - 2. The Weight Of Nothing

I carry what cannot be seen A burden without shape or name Every step pulls deeper down Yet nothing ever stays the same Empty hands A hollow crown Nothing left Still dragging me down THE WEIGHT OF NOTHING Crushing from within THE WEIGHT OF NOTHING Heavy as the end No chains upon me No stone to bear Still I feel it Always there Years dissolve beneath my feet Faces fade into the past We build our lives on borrowed ground And swear that they were made to last What we gather What we save Follows no one To the grave THE WEIGHT OF NOTHING Crushing from within THE WEIGHT OF NOTHING Heavy as the end No chains upon me No stone to bear Still I feel it Always there — Extended bass-led instrumental — Nothing held. Nothing owned. Nothing promised. Nothing known. And still— IT WEIGHS. The years are gone The hands are bare Nothing remains Yet the weight is there THE WEIGHT OF NOTHING Until the final breath THE WEIGHT OF NOTHING Outliving everything else Nothing. Yet heavy. Nothing. Yet here.