Tight belt, loose laces

Sometimes you go quiet

You fade into silence

And watch the TV from your bed

You let the phone ring

Like white noise you listen

But you hear your heavy heart instead

Oh behind your tired eyes

You try to fake a smile

But your heart it felt so heavy

You could feel it in your knees

And they buckled like the belt

around your jeans

Oh now I see you

You’re in a crowded room

“How you doin’? Where you been?”

There’s a tightness in your breath

But you find a smile instead

And your heart it felt so heavy

I could feel it in my knees

And they buckled like the belt

around your jeans

You say your family

Well, they drank all the bottles

Collecting dust up on the shelf

Now the hospital is like home

and your father is skin and bones

And your heart it felt so heavy

I could feel it in my knees

And they buckled like the belt

around your jeans

You find clarity in water and rest

In water and rest

You stare out upon it and take a breath

You’re breathing in, you’re breathing in, you’re breathing in

You’re breathing in, you’re breathing in, you’re breathing in

You’re breathing in, you’re breathing in, you’re breathing in

You’re breathing in, you’re breathing in, you’re breathing in

From the bottom of your belly

You feel the release

As you untie the laces of your shoes

And your pale-skinned body

Goes out into the blue

and I just stood there looking out over you