Atlas

I’ve got sand in my pockets and wind in my hair
The hope I had is holding up just fine
I gotta move mountains, my coat’s heavy with it
I caught water in the palm of my hand
I took it to the sea, swam back to land
Until piece by piece the coastline changes

You said it was over, called me your atlas
Sorry that I still carry you on my back
You act like it was nothing, I gave too much, but fuck that
God, you’re complicated, but I like it that way
So I’m selling my stuff, building houses out of cardboard
The price I pay to think it could work
I knew it was heavy, not that it wasn’t true
Your world on my shoulders, never the other way around
Never the other way around

(Ah, ah)
Never the other way around
(Ah, ah)

You had a weight on your leg, didn’t know I was there
Pulled me through the mud, then
I asked what was weighing on your chest, is there still room for me?
I knew it would be alright, then the moment passed

You said it was over, called me your atlas
Sorry that I still carry you on my back
You act like it was nothing, I gave too much, but fuck that
God, you’re complicated, but I like it that way
So I’m selling my stuff, building houses out of cardboard
The price I pay to think it could work
I knew it was heavy, not that it wasn’t true
Your world on my shoulders, never the other way around
Never the other way around

I wish I could burn our weeks like a ritual
Too much to ask?
Looking back, those were unstable weeks, I’d break both legs
If you asked me

But you said it was over, called me your atlas
Sorry that I still carry you on my back
You act like it was nothing, I gave too much, but fuck that
God, you’re complicated, but I like it that way
So I’m selling my stuff, building houses out of cardboard
The price I pay to think it could work
I knew it was heavy, not that it wasn’t true
Your world on my shoulders, never the other way around
Never the other way around