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