[Intro: Tim Lambesis]
Release this burden
Burden

[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

[Pre-Chorus: Tim Lambesis]
Nothing but deadweight
Seeing the world all expenses paid

[Chorus: 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]

[Chorus: 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

[Pre-Breakdown: 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]

[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

[Breakdown: Tim Lambesis]
Burden, deadweight, burden