| I was listening to the radio when they said that you were gone
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| Already feeling more than just a little down
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| Mood swings run rampant on both sides of my family
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| Like an albatross I carry around
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| I never ever met you but it shook me all the same
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| Life was better for the happiness you brought
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| For the joyride that you took us on and rocky roads we landed on
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| Whiplashed by the demons that you fought
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| Fighting with the baggage that is pulling down on me
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| Like an undertow pulls into the sea
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| It lights our daily struggle till it’s hard to separate
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| You from all the darkness in me
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| Some asswipe on TV said that you should be ashamed
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| For your cowardice in facing down your flaws
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| I’m not sure what makes me sadder, all that talent up in flames
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| Or the lack of understanding that it wrought
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| Tossing off the baggage that is pulling down on me
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| Toss it in the river and be free
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| Move so close together, only inches separate
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| You from all the darkness in me
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| I’m not seeking explanations for this thing that you did
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| A thin line separates the laughter from despair
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| I’ve had my own depression since I was just a kid
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| But been blessed with the means to repair
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| There’s this baggage that we carry and some sweetness locked within
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| Just be careful where you implement the straps
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| All this weight can be salvation when the air is much too thin
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| But it can pull you down too far to climb back out
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| Tossing off the baggage that is pulling down on me
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| Toss it in the river and be free
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| Move so close together, only inches separate
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| You from all the darkness in me
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| Tossing off the baggage, too much weight too much drag-gage
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| All this freight can put you six feet in the ground
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| Nothing left to do but try to keep it all together
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| Better off without the baggage that I carry around, carry around, carry around |