The Weight Lyrics
For a moment, I felt the strength of your love
It was lightning, it was lightning
Strike down on me
[Verse 2]
I'm a lump of meat with a heartbeat
Electricity restarts me
Strike down on me, on me
[Chorus]
Every day I pray, I'm the first to go
Without you, I would be lost
I promised myself I wouldn't talk about death
I know I'm gettin' boring
[Verse 3]
I'm a man holdin' the weight of your love
But without it, my strength just isn't enough
So, strike down on me, on me
[Chorus]
Every day I pray, I'm the first to go
Without you, I would be lost
And I promised myself I wouldn't sing about death
I know I'm gettin' boring now
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
[Outro]
For a moment, I felt the weight of your love
It was lightning, it was lightning
Strike down on me
About
The opening track to Editors' fourth album. This was the first studio song to feature the new line up, after the departure of Chris Urbanowicz and the introduction of Justin Lockey and Elliott Williams.
Lyrically, this song is about the intense emotional impact of love and the fear of losing it. The lyrics convey a sense of vulnerability and dependence on the other person, with the speaker recognizing the power that their love holds over them.
Q&A
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This sums up the record and feels like a smart opener. It’s a song that we’ve had for quite some time, we tried a variety of things on it – we ended up doing it very quickly in the studio."
Half the record we’ve had for a long time, it’s been a long time in gestation, this record, we’ve tried it in many different ways. I guess just going back to the demo, stripping it down, and also knowing when to make it big – and that big old riff that starts the song and starts the album, that was [Justin’s riff]. It just feels like an elegant way to open the record. Being big without being brash. Pretty straight forward, lyrically."
- 1.The Weight
- 2.Sugar
- 5.Honesty
- 6.Nothing
- 7.Formaldehyde
- 8.Hyena
- 10.The Phone Book
- 11.Bird of Prey
- 12.The Sting
- 13.Get Low
