For just one day

   Can you take away

(Please take away)

   (Please take away)

The weight of the world

The weight of the world

The weight of the world

The weight of the world

Is that too much to ask

   Free me from this task

If not then bask

   In the warm glow of aftermath

The weight of the world

The weight of the world

The weight of the world

The weight of the world

I have more than paid my dues

   Try to run in cement shoes

Hurry now and chose

   Won’t be just my life we lose

The weight of the world

The weight of the world

The weight of the world

The weight of the world

Just go on and ignore

   My pleas as I implore

The knock upon your door

   I can take no more (cracking snapping sound)

The weight of the world

The weight of the world

The weight of the world

The weight of the world

Watch and you will see

Blunt forces crushing knee

As it crushes thee

(As it crushes me) (Or) it will surely crush me

(exploding sound)

The weight of the world

   (Please take away)

The weight of the world

   (Please take away)

The weight of the world

   (Please take away)

The weight of the world

   (Please take away)