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