The Weight Lyrics

I'm waiting for the curtain to fall.

Too much feeling and thinking.

Don't want to struggle with it at all

Too much effort to keep standing

Everything happens for a reason they say

But the weight of the world is having its way

Existence is heavy and the past won't leave me alone

Weariness works up through my skin from my bones

My friends say I look fine

And snicker behind my back

I don't think I'll weather another Passive aggressive attack

Fashion conscious

Hiding the sores

I don't like the look behind their eyes Anymore

Everything happens for a reason they say

But the weight of the world is having its way

Existence is heavy - the past is like a stone

Weariness works up from somewhere down in my bones

Piled high my creations

But who will see my work

Who will hear my symphony?

I get no returns

Though I knock on that door

Endless waves lapping on my Island shore

Deluged with taxes - a Noah kind of rain

Up against the ropes that are put around me

Surrounded by liars punch drunk with pain

Filled up with opioids n lines of cocaine

Corporate ladders swimming upstream

Suits and mad hatters and living the dream

I'm Tired of living Tired of dying

These are a few of my least favorite things!

(musical interlude)

Stretch the rope

Tie the knot

Stand on the chair and stare Into the distance

(with multiple passes – varied voices)

Remember who you are!! Remember.......

How you got up there

Bring yourself down here

Step into the water

You can live again

So gently come down

And swear

And take up your weight and walk with me

Even though You're Tired

I'll walk with you

(spoken)

You'll walk

Alright then...let's go.

When you get through this place, it's just a reception room

You hang your hat up, you pull your coat off in the lobby

(The Rev. Howard Finster)