Lyrics

You watch me through the low light
Like I’m something you can break
Every word falls sideways
Every touch is late

I keep my mouth full of silence
So I don’t say it wrong
I’ve been holding my breath so long
I forget what’s gone

I feel it when you lean in
Like the floor starts giving way
I was never asking for forgiveness
Just somewhere safe

I’m your dead weight
Wrapped around your spine
You don’t feel it
Till it pulls you under at night

Say my name
Let it ache
I was love you couldn’t carry
Calling it dead weight

Your shadow moves before you
Like it knows where this will end
Every promise tastes like metal
Every truth is bent

I stay still when you pull away
Like I’m afraid to fall
If I don’t move
You won’t notice me at all

You say it’s getting heavy
Like I chose to stay
But you tied the knot so gently
I didn’t feel the weight

I’m your dead weight
Hanging in your hands
You don’t break me
You just let me understand

Say it straight
Say it late
I was love you couldn’t carry
Calling it dead weight

Cut me loose
Or pull me in
I don’t know
Where I end

Every step
Every fall
I was never light at all

If I let go
Do you rise
Or do you disappear
I’ve been holding up the quiet
So you don’t hear the fear

Say my name
Let it break
I was love you couldn’t carry
Calling it dead weight