Erin McKeown - Weight lyrics

"well, i've a hundred years to go from here
" she said
"and i've just escaped a hundred fears
Yet i feel old far, far too soon, " she said
"i've got a hundred years upon my head"
"and i've got a thousand youth following me
" she said
"and i've got a thousand saviors to be
But i forget myself a thousand times
" she said
"i've got my own thousand dreams to find"

"well, i've two hundred years
To go from here, " he said
"and i've turned back two hundred fears
Yet i feel ready, ready for more, " he said
Wisdom weighs nothing upon my head"
"once i had two thousand friends, " he said
"and thereafter followed two thousand more
Four thousand burdens weighed me well
But they were eight thousand hands
There when i fell"

"but should i fall, i'll fall alone
" she said
"a woman is nothing if not on her own
I'd rather be one ready to fly
I'll live by my freedom 'til the day i die"
"but where there's one there's probably two
" he said
"rarely is there a me without a you
Humanity is a supporting chain, " he said
"a self-imposed weight is upon your head"

"i've heard it all a million times before
" she said
"and i expect there'll be a million more
A million to one i'd bet to see
You've told this to a million girls like me"
"but i've two hundred years to go to here
" he said
"and i've just escaped two hundred fears
Yet i feel ready, ready for more, " he said
"wisdom weighs nothing upon my head"