Heirloom

You try your hardest to leave the past alone

This crooked posture is all you've ever known

It is the consequence of living in between

The weight of family and the pull of gravity

You are so much more than your father's son

You are so much more than what I've become

Long before you were born there was light

Hidden deep in these young unfamiliar eyes

A million choices though little on their own

Become the heirloom of the heaviness you've known

You are so much more than your father's son

You are so much more than what I've become

What I've become

What I've become

You pressed rewind

For the thousandth time

When the tapes wore through

So you memorized

Those unscripted lines

Desperate for some kind of clue:

When the scale tipped

When you inherited

A fight that you were born to lose

It's not your fault

No it's not your fault

I put this heavy heart in you

I put this heavy heart in you

You remind me of who I could have been

Had I been stronger and braver way back then

A million choices though little on their own

Became the heirloom of the heaviness we've known

You are so much more than your father's son

You are so much more than the wars you've won

You are so much more than your father's son

You are so much more than what I've become

What I've become

What I've become