Carrying the Weight Around

Breaking your back on the banks of the Tyne

Peddling through water and soliloquy as they recline

"Sad clown on arctic grounds" is how they perceive you

Well you’ve been carrying the weight around

Look what you’ve done now

You’ve been carrying the weight around

But look what you’ve become now

Wild winds and that bitter cold

Ain’t no match for the warmest of northern souls

You’ve the strength of a roman wall

You’re build to withstand it

You’re an empath, expressive and kind

Colourful tongue and a curious mind

So when you say “I wanna sing for my supper”

I say “you can do anything you wanna”

You’ve been carrying the weight around

Look what you’ve done now

You’ve been carrying the weight around

But look what you’ve become now

You’ve been carrying the weight around

Look what you’ve done now

You’ve been carrying the weight around

But look what you’ve become now

Tempering the wrath of a violent storm

Wringing out the weekend as the seagulls soar on the promenade

Wading through the water of this worn-down town

Splitting your sides and yearning for better times

You’ve been carrying the weight around

Look what you’ve done now

You’ve been carrying the weight around

But look what you’ve become now

You’ve been carrying the weight around

Look what you’ve done now

You’ve been carrying the weight around

But look what you’ve become now