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