Lyricist : Madeline Holste

Composer : Madeline Holste

Let me just tell you I really should go back to sleep

It’s not that I’m ungrateful, I have too many memories to keep

I wish you could feel just how heavy I am all the time

Sometimes when I smile I bite my lip so I don't cry

And it burns for a while

And it hurts all the more when you carry the world as a child

All that I've wanted is to talk to someone who is dead

But unfortunately I can’t call him, so I sing instead

I’d never tell you to cover yourself in a lie

But I will still bite my lip harder so that I don't cry

And it burns for a while

And it hurts all the more when you carry the world as a child

And I burn for myself

Cause I know that I should when it's screaming at me to be felt

And we burn all the time

Cause it hurts all the more when we carry the world as a child