Atlas

Sit alone in your little room
Curtains closed but your phone lets in the gloom
Find some songs to suit your mood
Unseen driver brings your food
Sealed up in your sad little bubble
Somebody else could fix your troubles
Stuff a towel underneath your door
But there’s bad vibes seeping right up through the floor

And the weight of the world
Is on your shoulders
Waiting for the world
To lighten up and float away

Scroll back through your conversation
Always end up in the same location
Yeah, here’s a spot where it got off track
Seems too late to walk that back
Quietly you take the strain
Acting like you feel no pain
Well, get your feet on solid ground
And maybe you could lay this burden down

‘Cause the weight of the world
Is on your shoulders
Waiting for the world
To lighten up and float away

Like Atlas holding up the Earth
World’s sorrows pressed against your head
Guess you don’t know what it’s worth to share the load instead

The fate of the world
It doesn’t rest there on your shoulders
Stop waiting for the world
To lighten up and float away
Float away

©2025 Christopher Watts (BMI)