"Weight of Living, Pt. I" adalah lagu yang menyayat hati oleh Bastille yang mengeksplorasi beban penyesalan dan kesulitan untuk melepaskannya. Lirik yang mendalam mengacu pada seekor albatros yang melambangkan kesalahan dan tindakan masa lalu yang menghantui seseorang. Lagu ini menggemakan pergulatan untuk melepaskan masa lalu dan terus maju, mengakui bahwa "berat kehidupan" bisa terasa sangat berat untuk ditanggung.
Weight of Living, Pt. I Lyrics
Bastille
There's an albatross around your neck,
All the things you've said,
and the things you've done,
Can you carry it with no regrets,
Can you stand the person you've become,
Ooh there's a light [x2]
[CHORUS]
Your Albatross, let it go, let it go,
Your Albatross shoot it down, shoot it down
When you just can't shake
The heavy weight of living
Stepping forward out into the day
Shrugging off the dust and memory
Though it's soaring still above your head
It is out of sight and none shall see
Oooh there's a light [x2]
[CHORUS]
Your Albatross, let it go, let it go,
Your Albatross shoot it down, shoot it down
When you just can't shake
The heavy weight of living
When you just can't seem to shake
The heavy weight of Living
It's the sun in your eyes, in your eyes [x4]
[CHORUS]
Your Albatross, let it go, let it go,
Your Albatross shoot it down, shoot it down
When you just can't shake
The heavy weight of living
When you just can't seem to shake
The heavy weight of Living
The Weight of Living [x4]
All the things you've said,
and the things you've done,
Can you carry it with no regrets,
Can you stand the person you've become,
Ooh there's a light [x2]
[CHORUS]
Your Albatross, let it go, let it go,
Your Albatross shoot it down, shoot it down
When you just can't shake
The heavy weight of living
Stepping forward out into the day
Shrugging off the dust and memory
Though it's soaring still above your head
It is out of sight and none shall see
Oooh there's a light [x2]
[CHORUS]
Your Albatross, let it go, let it go,
Your Albatross shoot it down, shoot it down
When you just can't shake
The heavy weight of living
When you just can't seem to shake
The heavy weight of Living
It's the sun in your eyes, in your eyes [x4]
[CHORUS]
Your Albatross, let it go, let it go,
Your Albatross shoot it down, shoot it down
When you just can't shake
The heavy weight of living
When you just can't seem to shake
The heavy weight of Living
The Weight of Living [x4]