“I wrote it about my Aunt Alice and her unexpected overdose when I was a teenager. I never really processed my feelings at the time and have always had a hard time talking about it. This song gave me a window into how much pain she was in back then and, over time, has given me the closure I needed....
[Verse 1]
I took my life in the palm of my hand
I apologize for all that I am
Was it happenstance or holy war
That lead me to you and away from her?
[Chorus]
Heavy as a heartbreak
Heavy as a broken home
If you ever loved me
How come you never said so?
[Verse 2]
I was never sure, of course I never asked
I never had the heart for living in the past
If it ever comes and I hope it never does
Just know that you're the one I'm watching from above
[Chorus]
Heavy as a heartbreak
Heavy as a broken home
If you ever loved me
How come you never said so?
Heavy as a heartbreak
Heavy as a broken home
If you ever loved me
How come you never said so?
[Bridge]
Take a sigh, take a breath in
Keep 'em close, keep 'em guessing
People lie, learn a lesson
Count your friends and your blessings
Take a sigh, take a breath in
Keep 'em close, keep 'em guessing
People lie, learn a lesson
Count your friends and your blessings
[Chorus]
Heavy as a heartbreak
Heavy as a broken home
If you ever loved me
How come you never said so?
Heavy as a heartbreak
Heavy as a broken home
If you ever loved me
How come you never said so?
[Outro]
I still think of you when I hear your name
There's a part of me that still wants to pray
For plans forgot, for sins that forgave
Maybe most of all for the price we paid
Heavy was written by Doveman & Woodson Black.
Heavy was produced by JMac & Woodson Black & Doveman.