“Ten Ton Brick” is the lead single off of Hurt’s fourth studio album ‘Vol. 2’. This song is their most successful to date, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart and No. 28 on the Billboard Alternative Songs Chart.
[Verse 1]
A ten ton brick is making me sick
Breaking my bones with the weight of it
The weight would grow with each new soul
Buried fine lies make big, black holes
[Pre-Chorus]
And who am I supposed to be?
Not like you give a fuck about me
But who am I supposedly
When I'm finally done?
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm finally done with the decisions of
My former thoughts and all that I'm made of
Yet, I'm finally done with the description, oh
And I don't mind saying I'm to blame
[Verse 2]
When Atlas slipped, I lost my grip
Yet, I didn't think it could turn into this
But I was told by two sweet crows
Nobody fears what nobody knows
[Pre-Chorus]
And who am I supposed to be
If everything good was taken from me?
And who am I supposedly?
I was overcome
[Chorus]
But I'm finally done with the divisions of
My former thoughts although I may have lost
I'm finally done with the dissension, oh
Well I don't mind saying, don't mind saying
I'm to blame
[Verse 3]
Oh, this ten ton brick would treat me like shit
This little piggy licked others' lips
And so defined, who was I?
But it won't encumber me
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm finally done with the position of
My former thoughts and all that it may have cost
I'm finally done with the decisions, love
Now I don't mind saying, don't mind saying
You're to blame
[Outro]
Now when you moved, you move me
You moved, you move me, yeah
"Nothing comes from nothing"
Must mean something in the end
To justify the means, I mean to break you
Need to hate you, need to take this back
But taking is like giving if you're at the other end
I won't pretend to know your feelings
I could never break the chain
I command you to move
Ten Ton Brick was written by J. Loren Wince.