The Weight
The Weight
Written by Jerrika Mighelle
All alone in my dreams
Though my heart could use some peace
If it weren’t for all this weight I put on me
In times like these
I’m always on my knees
Praying for a truth to rescue me
I’ve been locked on repeat on repeat on repeat
No one can save me
Save me
Try as they might
Only I hold the key
Don’t be afraid
Don’t be ashamed
Don’t waste away
When I was seventeen
I found love in a dream
We were working
On a ranch In the 1940s
When my eyes locked on hers
My secret was born
One day i’ll love a woman
That’s what my hearts designed for
Then i woke with my hand on my chest
Filled up with this new bliss
Somehow I’d escaped
My loneliness
And for years after that
The secret i kept
Became a weight
That no one should take
Try as they might
Lord I couldn't escape
And so every night
With my hand on chest
I yearned to return
To that dream and that kiss
Again just to feel
What I couldn’t reveal
Don’t be afraid
Don’t be ashamed
Don’t waste away
You have been loved
Light still shines on us
And your beautiful heart
Is more than enough
Oh's
Don’t be afraid
You’re beautiful heart
Is more than enough