Track 1

Intro

Verse 1

I found your letters in the dark

Their edges worn away by time

A thousand words I never heard

A thousand ways to say goodbye

The fire had already died

But smoke still stained the room

In the silence after midnight

I could still remember you

Pre-Chorus

Some wounds do not ask to heal

Some memories refuse to fade

We carry what we cannot share

And give the silence a name

Chorus

I carry the weight of what remains

The empty chair, the frozen pane

The words that died between our lips

The life that slipped beyond our hands

I carry the weight of what remains

Through every winter, every change

And though I learned to walk alone

Part of me still calls you home

Verse 2

The forest stood beyond the house

Black against the dying sky

Its ancient branches held the snow

Like tears that never learned to cry

I walked until the road was gone

Until there was no place to turn

And every step beneath my feet

Was something I had left behind

Bridge

I used to curse the passing years

For taking everything away

But time did not erase the bond

It only taught me how to live with it

Chorus

I carry the weight of what remains

The empty chair, the frozen pane

The words that died between our lips

The life that slipped beyond our hands

I carry the weight of what remains

Through every winter, every change

And though I learned to walk alone

Part of me still calls you home

Breakdown

As the years grew heavier

Beneath the clouds and dust

I buried nothing

I only learned to carry it

Guitar Solo

Final Chorus

I carry the weight of what remains

Through every winter

I carry the weight of what remains

And now I know

It bears my name

The grief that once could break my bones

Has become the ground beneath my soul

I carry the weight of what remains

Through every winter, every change

I cannot bring the dead to life

But I can keep their fire alive

Outro

The snow will fall, the years will pass

The forest will grow over my past

What once was lost may not be lost

Not while I carry it within me