Liam Rice

[chorus] Step away for just one moment And sit with the weight of facts The burden lives in your mind Resisting to relax [verses] You listened to their gilded edged words But you failed to scratch the surface They said they were meant to serve us But that was never the intended purpose For the longest time I was just like you And their ornate words stuck to me like glue But after everything I’ve been through My body’s now numb, completely withdrew [chorus] Step away for just one moment And sit with the weight of facts The burden lives in your mind Resisting to relax [verses] They dug round their chest of promises And lined the edge with flat excuses Whilst they set ablaze all your wishes And then smile like it’s mission accomplished It’s when you think you’ve climbed the ladder But you look back and the surface is flatter Than when you left it, you hear your dreams shatter And they cold shoulder you like you don’t matter [chorus] Step away for just one moment And sit with the weight of facts The burden lives in your mind Resisting to relax [verse + bridge] You took a handshake from a swindler And accepted you two were similar But whilst they sit in the bright parlour Your cardboard box is getting darker And once you’re wrapped around their finger They leave you stranded, left to linger They knew they were onto a winner When they saw you’re not a thinker Their presentation makes you cling on To hope but It’s made to distract You from what’s really going on Leave you sitting with the weight of facts [chorus + outro] Step away for just one moment And sit with the weight of facts The burden lives in your mind Resisting to relax When you live by desire and dreams Desperately feel it’s the only way But when they’re getting nowhere And you’re stirring at the end of the day Your clouded judgement filled you with hope But when the haze is finally clear And you have to sit with the weight of facts After the fiction you’ve been fed for years