I Carry You

I carry you like a suitcase full of boulders across the river
I carry you like a shotgun aimed for destruction, just pull the trigger
I carry you like the weight on every shoulder I’ve ever cried on
I carry you like a baby on a lonely doorstep with a lonely light on

I could lay you down for good but i am not that brave
So i carry you all the way to my grave

I carry you like a soldier out of the fire, still in the war
I carry you like an umbrella full of holes so when it rains, it pours
I carry you like a dancer spinning in circles to silent music
I carry you like a memory, don’t want to see it, don’t want to lose it

I carry you like a letter i keep on penning, but never sending
I carry you like a cancer, ever growing, never-ending
I carry you like the genome across the ages, the past has spoken
I carry you down a hallway full of photographs, the frames all broken