The Weight of a Name

Lyrics

Darkness, folding in coil, coil tightening it’s grip Thought a shadow couldn’t hold light, thought “there’s nothing more to this.” Yet you stumbled in, your tears and your cries Tied every scar into a vow, brought reason to the night I never even realized we both needed this. That a name would unmake us…a lyric left unfinished

Every time you call it, something in me sings Silver bells chime, yes something in me rings The sting of the truth, a coil I had tied Was nothing more than excuses false reasons a lie. A serpent sheds its fear, a lion loses shame All under the grace and the weight of a name

The weight of a name, I thought I couldn’t wear It’s too much too heavy, I really shouldn’t dare Yet you cherished my weaknesses Tended to the flame Said that’s whole the point; a reminder all the same Of the sins and the virtues, the lies, and the falls Of the victories the wonders, each moment of it all. Of the breaths shared between us the fire within Of the left left abandoned a promise made with him

Every time we call it, something in me sings Silver bells chime, yes something in me rings The sting of the truth, a coil I had tied Was nothing more than excuses false reasons a lie. A serpent sheds its fear, a lion loses shame All under the grace and the weight of a name