The Weight

Hey. Hey. Hey.

Hey. Hey. Hey.

Six days of casseroles out on the porch

Nobody knocked, they just left them and drove

Tinfoil curling, the corn going gray

I kicked the whole stack down the steps

Cards on the table say the same four words

Somebody's cousin picked out the font

Lilies gone brown in a jar by the sink

I threw the door wide and stood in it

They say give it time like time's a nurse

Like a year is a bandage on a well

Hot water running till the sink turns white

Say that again, say it slow

Don't tell me to be strong

Don't tell me it gets lighter

I'm hauling a piano up a stairwell

And the whole street mowed their lawns

Don't tell me to be strong

Don't tell me they're in a better place

Every car out there is going somewhere

Every one of them but me

The truck sits cold with the tags expired

I turn the key just to hear it try

Blue smoke sitting on the driveway slope

Headlights aimed at nothing at all

Some guy at work called it God's plan

I laughed so hard I spilled the cup

There's no plan, there's a curb, there's a chair

There's a toothbrush I will not throw out

They want the one who shakes your hand

Says thanks for coming, sorry for the mess

Sweeps the glass, wipes down the counter

Say that again, say it slow

Don't tell me to be strong

Don't tell me it gets lighter

I'm hauling a piano up a stairwell

And the whole street mowed their lawns

Don't tell me to be strong

Don't tell me they're in a better place

Every car out there is going somewhere

Every one of them but me

Three in the morning on the county road

Both lanes empty, both ways black

I sat on the tailgate and watched for headlights

Nothing came, nothing's coming back

burn it all then

Burn the tinfoil, burn the cards

Burn the lilies in the jar

Burn the pamphlet off the hospital desk

Burn the coat they hugged me in

burn it all then

Don't tell me to be strong

Don't tell me to be strong

Every car out there is going somewhere

Every one of them but me

Don't tell me to be strong