Blame and the Burden

I got a pocket full of reason why it isn’t ever me Every headline makes a villain I can point it on my feet If I stack my little alibis, maybe I can pass the test But the weight behind my ribs keeps pressing on my chest

I swear I’m almost innocent until the quiet starts to talk The echo won’t equip me, it just follows when I walk Blame and the burden, I’ve carried both Try to outrun it, put it on my soul

I can’t hide my hands, but I can’t hide the load Blame and the burden, I can’t carry both I’ve thrown a thousand stones online I never felt them in my palm

Found a scapegoat for my failures Tried to pass the ticking bomb But when the mirror lights the room Calls me by my name

There’s no jury left to sway And I can’t shift the blame If justice keeps a ledger Mine is inked in every line

And I’ll do better Can’t erase the stains I left behind The blame and the burden I’ve carried both

Tried to outrun it Put it on my soul I can’t hide my hands, but I can’t hide the low Blame and the burden I can’t carry from

The verdict would be heavy and the sentence would be right But Jesus bore the weight I piled and shouldered it to life The Son of God went under it where I would surely break He stood where I was guilty so the guilty could awake

Blame and the burden I’ve carried both Tried to outrun it, put it on my soul I couldn’t lift the debt, I couldn’t pay what’s sold Jesus took the burden, now He breaks the yoke

Blame and the burden I don’t carry both