Invisible Weight

Hands are empty, so they say But they don't feel the weight I weigh Every step is slow and steep But silent burdens do not speak They call my name, they ask for more But never ask what came before I carry stones they'll never see A thousand shadows over me They take, they pull, they walk away And leave me stranded in the grey Faces pass with hollow eyes Counting coins and trading ties No hands to lift, no hearts to lend Yet all expect, yet all pretend They call my name, they ask for more But never ask what came before I carry stones they'll never see A thousand shadows over me They take, they pull, they walk away And leave me stranded in the grey If silence spoke, would they still stay? Or turn their backs and look away? This weight I hold, this truth I keep A world so blind, yet I don't weep I carry stones they'll never see A thousand shadows over me They take, they pull, they walk away And leave me stranded in the grey