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A#m D# A#m D#
G#m I a fool? Is my hoping in vain?
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I planted the seed of a shading tree, but I'm standing in the rain
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G#m I fool? How can it be
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I keep picking the scab of an old wound just to watch it bleed
[Chorus]
F# F A#m
and it's so heavy, too heavy to hold
[Verse]
A#m D# A#m D#
I watch my cup, fill up with doubt
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I keep drinking it up, you keep pouring it out
A#m D# A#m D#
You push so hard and I push back
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before I've even turned around your sights are set aimed and ready to attack
[Chorus]
F# F A#m
and it's so heavy too heavy to hold
F# F A#m
it's so heavy too heavy to hold
[Bridge]
F# F
I can't catch up
F# F
there's not enough time
F# F
we are so disconnected, discontented disappointed 'cause we lack connection
F#
with each other and with the earth
F
ignorantly thinking this is how it works
F#
our lives have no meaning but defeat the machine
F
repelling sadness and pain with the swip of a screen
F#
people closing their mind, sewing their third eye shut
F C# A#
measuring what with money? and things they have not
[Chorus]
F# F A#m
and it's just so heavy, too heavy to hold
F# F A#m
it's just so heavy, too heavy to hold
[Outro]
A#m D# A#m D#
G#m I a fool? Is my hoping in vain?