Lyrics

Handing Down the Weight

A pointed ballad about the weight we hand our children long before they can refuse it — the comfortable lies, the silence we called peace — and the quiet admission that we always knew.

The story

The song looks at what one generation owes the next. We promise our children a future, yet leave them problems we never wanted to solve ourselves.

The image of handing over the key to a garden while someone is changing the lock stands for a promise that turns out to be worthless.

They sell you the garden
They sell you the gate
They hand you the key
Then they change the lock

Every word is a window
Painted shut from inside
The smile never falters
The smile never arrives

And we nod like we believe it
And we wear it like it's ours
The comfortable lie fits better
Than the truth we can't afford

We're handing down the weight
Handing down the rain
Someone else's tomorrow
Someone else's pain

We built a house of quiet
And called the silence peace
We fed it to our children
Like bread we didn't eat

Every mirror shows a stranger
Who looks just like ourselves
The hands that should be building
Are folding into fists

And we watch like we're not choosing
And we pray like we're not there
The easy dark loads faster
Than the light we meant to share

We're handing down the weight
Handing down the rain
Someone else's tomorrow
Someone else's pain

She builds her towers so carefully
Every block placed like it matters
She doesn't know
We built ours too
Eyes closed

We're handing down the weight
Handing down the rain
Someone else's tomorrow
Someone else's pain

Someone else's tomorrow
Someone else's pain
We knew
We always knew

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