Gravity of Regret

A pocket full of iron debts

Names I never dared to say out

Streetlights bow hard against my chest

Shadows heavier than the rest—

If I let it drop, will it set?

If I keep it high, will it lead?

Feel the gravity of regret

Pulls each breath down to the basement

I try to run; my footprints wet

The tide runs back to where I left

Not your satellite nor tether

Let me fall to earth, start again

I wore the past like borrowed mail

Postmarks from the times I have failed

Tongue a compass stuck on hard north

Pointing where I swore I'd not return

If I speak it out, does it reset?

If I keep this route, do I drown?

Let the stone hit water; rings confess

Let the anchor find the bed; rest

Count the scars I never once named

Turn that iron into flame now

Every fault line, every debt owed

Break the orbit, not my neck now

Gravity of regret…

Whisper-thin but heavy set…

Gravity of regret…

Whisper-thin but heavy set…

Feel the gravity of regret

Pulling at my ribs—I'm not done yet

When the sky goes dim, I strike a match

Bend the pull until the lines all stretch

The gravity of regret will

Teach a weight to every step I take

If I drift, don't let me forget—

I can fall to earth and start again

Let me fall to earth and start again.