We build cathredrals to our pain Establish monuments to attain Freedom from all of the scars and the sins Lest we drown in the darkness within Here in the darkness that I lay Depression heavy in its weigh And how my body aches to leave To sing its final

I've got to ride that lonesome train My heart is heavy with aches and pain But someday, someday baby, after awhile you'll be sorry Everyday my clouds are gray Winds change, it'll roll all my clouds away But someday, someday after awhile you'll be sorry

Oh father, please father I'd love to leave you alone but I can't let you go Put the bottle down for the love of a daughter Please father You have a hollowed out heart but it's heavy in your chest I tried so hard to fight it but it's hopeless You're

I'm just tryna go down That I will go down, yeah I will go down, yeah I'm tryna go down, down as a great Every night I get, on my knees and pray And be a legend in my town Legendary moves, leader of my crew Heavy is the head that wear the crown, that

A new day awaits me I wish I could believe in something bigger More than these trees, these winds, these oceans I wish I could believe what they tell me I saw, I saw, I saw my brother pack his bags and leave We made our goodbyes and now he is settled

I'm always giving my everything I'll be stickin' to the heavy liftin' A little heavy liftin' Even when I'm hurting I keep on working And as long as I'm still alive and kickin' I hit the ground running With the morning sun When a job needs doing

Rainy night in Georgia I believe it's rainin' all over the world Hoverin' by my suitcase Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night A heavy rain is fallin' Seems I hear your voice callin', "It's alright" Neon signs flashin' Taxi cabs and buses

Why is everything so heavy? I know I'm not the center of the universe But you keep spinning 'round me just the same So much more than I can carry I keep dragging around what's bringing me down If I just let go, I'd be set free And I drive myself crazy

And his daring life of crime Made him a legend in his time Well he never traveled heavy Yes he always rode alone And he soon put many older guns to shame And he never had a sweetheart From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia Rode a boy with a six gun

Never wanting more so I die where I dig I get what I give, so I'll die where I dig Bound with iron chain, solitary feed me to the grey We dig fields of apathy, excavating endless burial mounds Heavy lies the ground I get what I give, so I die where I dig