This is the weight I carry, every stone I made my own Every road I burned behind me, every seed I never grew I won't lay it down, I won't run from what I've shown I'll carry it forward — it's the only way I get through I used to think that strength was never looking back Bury all the wreckage, keep the past behind the glass But the things you bury don't decay, they just wait Grow into the shadow of the man you make I've got names I can't return to, doors I can't reopen Words I left unfinished and the promises I've broken So I stopped trying to outrun the ground I stand upon And I picked up every piece — they're the bricks I build on I won't drown in it I won't hide in it I will rise with it — This is the weight I carry, every stone I made my own Every road I burned behind me, every seed I never grew I won't lay it down, I won't run from what I've shown I'll carry it forward — it's the only way I get through They say to leave it all behind and start the day brand new But I'm not who I'd become if I forgot what I went through Every scar's a sentence in the story I am writing Every failure folded in to everything I'm fighting I don't need a clean slate, I don't need to be forgiven I just need to look it in the eye and keep on living 'Cause the man who buries everything stays buried in the same But the one who carries everything can finally say his name Forgive me is the hardest thing I've ever had to say And I'm saying it to no one but the mirror today And I forgive... This is the weight I carry, every stone I made my own Every road that brought me here, every truth I have to face I won't lay it down, I won't run from what I've grown I'll carry it forward — and I'll carry it with grace This is the weight I carry... And I carry it with grace.more