The Weight That You Buried, by Knuckle Puck (2024)

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Lately, I've been more selfish than I should beCause I got caught up in what you thought would've beenA better way to end thisBut everything was so much easier when we were youngerCause all that mattered was my feet treading the concreteI never thought that I'd lose my footingI said I wouldn't let this go, but now you're gone.And I wish you'd take some fault, but that's not how you were taught.I thought I couldn't find these songs, but I had it all wrong.So as of late, I guess I'm to blame.Apparently you see right through meSo now all that I've got anymore Is some leverage to settle the scoreBut you're still tearing up my skinI'm not the only who sees that you got lost in all of this.I said I wouldn't let this go, but now you're gone.And I wish you'd take some fault, but that's not how you were taught.I thought I couldn't find these songs, but I had it all wrong.Stop waiting for things to change, you're the reason that I felt this way in the first place.Stop waiting for things to change, by the time that you're back home I'll be states away.

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It's 4am again and I'm falling asleep with the headphones inIt shouldn't be like this.And it's so hard to act like I'm over thisWhen everything you said tore my heart out of my chest.I just wanna feel something again.I'm not innocent.Not in the least bit. Selfish wishful thinking.And if this mess that I left in the southwest is in your head,Then I'm not the only one digging up the dead.You swear you're a safe bet, but I know that you're notAnd I think that's why I'm here and you still think I'm wrong,But there's nothing between you and me.Not anymore.Not on your back porch at 4am,I'm in this van hoping I won't see you again.I just wanna feel something again.I'm not innocent.Not in the least bit. Selfish wishful thinking.And if this mess that I left in the southwest is in your head,Then I'm not the only one digging up the dead.(My family gets smaller every year)Does your conscience keep you awake?Because one day all that you've felt in those bones will make them break.But now I know just how you see me, and I want you to knowYou won't grow out of selfish, you'll just find better ways to hide it.If you gave all that you take, the weight would take its toll and your skeleton would caveI just wanna feel something again.I'm not innocent.Not in the least bit. Selfish wishful thinking.And if this mess that I left in the southwest is in your head,Then I'm not the only one digging up the dead.

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I watched the bonds we made give wayOn your front porch that mayYou begged me to go, but I think that I should stayI wanna know how much you hate meBefore I go across the countrySo act like you never caredAbout a spark that wasn't thereBut don't forget how hard you tried to let me down, but I wouldn't break freeI never wanted to be the weight that you buriedI'm stuck stateside with you in my headI couldn't even get away to new englandSo next time that you're on your kitchen floorRemember me and what we used to beAnd how I couldn't care less anymoreSo act like you never caredAbout a spark that wasn't thereBut don't forget how hard you tried to let me down, but I wouldn't break freeI never wanted to be the weight that you buriedI'll hold on to everything you've tried to take, cause I'm gone, I'm the smile you couldn't fakeMaybe I'll end up back in your bed, or in a makeshift one in the back of my vanI've learned to not rule out anything when it comes to you and me, except for consistency.So half of what mattered then won't matter anymore.And at that time I'll be in another state on another floor.In another state on another floor.

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Where's your respect?And didn't your father teach you anything before he left?I'm not coming back.My mind was a fortress you knew how to ruptureFlanking the trenches and storming my bunkerDay after day, I face the wrath of what I've madeBut I never thought I could feel this way at 19.Every word she said, like knives in the back of my headOver and over she said I'm just not cut for the weatherSo take your wedding bands and your drunken friendsCause I just can't keep you togetherI'm no good, you're no better. It's people just like youWho made me the pessimist I amI'm lower than the dirtWith no roots left to findIt's nice to know I wasn't worth the seven digit let downI was left out in the coldIt's people just like you who made me the pessimist I am.Every word she said, like knives in the back of my headOver and over she said I'm just not cut for the weatherSo take your wedding bands and your drunken friendsCause I just can't keep you togetherI'm no good, you're no better. Don't point your unloaded gun at my head ever again.Don't point your unloaded gun at my head, cause I'll pull the trigger.

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released August 30, 2013

Recorded at ABG Studios in Crown Point, IN
Engineered, Produced & Mixed by Seth Henderson.
Mastered by John Naclerio at Nada Studios