The Weight of It

Verse 1

Clock out

Late October rain

Smeared red ink across the calendar page

I’m carving out a legacy

Built on

Bleeding

Broken

Pens and paper piles

Tired eyes don't lie to the mirror

Chorus

Is it work if I want it

Is it work if I need it

Does the fire have to burn to stay alive

Am I supposed to love the weight

Supposed to love the ache

Tell me is it work

When it’s all I am

Verse 2

Cold coffee

Left on the dashboard

Driving past the houses where they sleep

Thinking

Dreaming

Doing

Heavy heavy headers

Sweat on the piano keys tonight

My mother says I should slow down

She doesn't see the hunger

She doesn't feel the hunger

Chorus

Is it work if I want it

Is it work if I need it

Does the fire have to burn to stay alive

Am I supposed to love the weight

Supposed to love the ache

Tell me is it work

When it’s all I am

Bridge

They call it a gift

But it feels like a debt

Always paying it back

Always paying it back

Searching for the magic

In the middle of the mess

In the middle of the noise

In the middle of the night

Chorus

Is it work if I want it

Is it work if I need it

Does the fire have to burn to stay alive

Am I supposed to love the weight

Supposed to love the ache

Tell me is it work

When it’s all I am

Post-Chorus

Is it work

Is it work

Oh oh oh

Is it work

Is it work

Oh oh oh

Outro

Just a passion

Just a problem

Turning off the engine

Walking to the door

Is it work

Still want it

Still need it

Yeah