Staggering Lyrics

It's the weight

Of the new-fallen snow

Combined with the handful of leaves that refused to let go

And it sends the branch bending

Low to the ground

There's a shift and a snap and the tree has less to carry now

I can't decide if I'm the tree or the branch

I can't decide if you're the snow or the leaves

It's staggering, isn't it

All the ways we can fall apart

It's staggering, isn't it

How much we expect of the human heart

It's staggering, isn't it I get tired just thinking about

The relentless, the never-quit

The steady-beat beat of it

It's the sting

The first whip of winter wind

Brings tears to your eyes

Numb to your lips

And your lungs don't want to take in such

Cold air

You knew it was coming

But you're never quite prepared

I can't decide if I'm the chill or the skin

I can't decide if I'm the shock or the

Thaw to come

It's staggering, isn't it

All the ways we can fall apart

It's staggering, isn't it

How much we expect of the human heart

It's staggering, isn't it I get tired just thinking about

The relentless, the never-quit

The steady-beat beat of it

And we say things like - yeah yeah - I know you're bleeding but

I need you to give me

Just a little bit more and

Yeah yeah I'm sure that hurt but

It can't be worse than what you've handled before and

Yeah yeah

I see what you're seeing believe me

Sometimes I want to

Shut it all down, too

Then once in a while a spring breeze passes through

That momentary ease

That sweetness

Is also true

It's staggering, isn't it

All the ways we can fall apart

It's staggering, isn't it

How much we expect of the human heart

It's staggering, isn't it I get tired just thinking about

The relentless, the never-quit

The steady-beat beat of it

Magnificent, really

It's staggering

Isn't it?