[Intro: Tim Lambesis]
Release this burden
Burden!
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1: Tim Lambesis]
I'm far from perfect
But what I gave you was a gift
Expecting so little
I never cared if you came or left
Moving on
No one will ever live in our shoes and
No one will ever know the full truth, so
I choose to let the music itself
Speak volumes about you
[Guitar Solo: Ken Susi]
[Pre-Chorus: Tim Lambesis]
Nothing but deadweight
Seeing the world, all expenses paid
[Chorus: Ryan Neff, Ryan Neff & Tim Lambesis]
(And now I've carried the weight)
I've carried the weight
Of your burden long enough
And I listened as you fabricate
Till the truth just fades away
But it's you that starts to fade
[Verse 2: Tim Lambesis]
So caught in the past
A legacy you hardly built
While here in reality
I sadly witnessed your intellect wilt
You hardly wrote a note
Like a well-dressed ghost
That learned to feed off us
As a virus to a host
[Guitar Solo: Phil Sgrosso]
[Chorus: Ryan Neff, Ryan Neff & Tim Lambesis]
And now I've carried the weight
Of your burden long enough
And I listened as you fabricate
Till the truth just fades away
But it's you that starts to fade
[Bridge: Tim Lambesis]
Fade away
Fade away
I've had this millstone around my neck (Fade away!)
Long enough (Fade away!)
Burden!
[Breakdown: Tim Lambesis]
Deadweight!
Burden!
It's become clear that you are just deadweight (Deadweight!)
That's been released to sink
Release!
[Guitar Solo: Phil Sgrosso]
[Chorus: Ryan Neff]
(And now I've carried the weight)
I've carried the weight
Of your burden long enough
And I listened as you fabricate
Till the truth just fades away
But it's you that starts to fade
[Post-Chorus: Tim Lambesis]
It's become clear that you are just deadweight!
That's been released to sink
(Release!)
[Outro: Tim Lambesis]
Burden!
Deadweight!
Burden!