The Weight

Slept with a constellation night-light on when I was a kid

So when I woke up fearing you were gone

I'd look up and it was insignificant

Since then, I have expanded my orbit

To reaffirm my importance in the grand scheme

If I'm made up of molecules, they all pretend I have form

But I'm not sure

I've learned that I am matter, I don't want to matter no more

Don't got much meat on my bones

Not making it through the winter

But I've gotten so good

At hiding as I get thinner

Don't want to take up much space

So I get the best hiding place

How can you tell me I'm safe when I am seen?

I am calling you my soulmate

'Cause that's what you are

No, I'm not thrilled about it either

It was written up in Starlink

Or in white dwarves

If I was the center of gravity

It'd fall into place naturally

Of that, I'm sure

I'm made up of molecules, they all pretend I have form

But I'm not sure

I've learned that I am matter, I don't want to matter no more

Don't got much meat on my bones

Not making it through the winter

But I've gotten so good

At hiding as I get thinner

Don't want to take up much space

So I get the best hiding place

How can you tell me I'm safe when I am seen?

In the water, I am lighter than everything

I'll take off my shirt

If you make all of the swimmers sink

Weaponize all my weight

Realize I'm not what I ate

Or there'd be nothing to shame anymore

Anymore

I've seen the shape of my shadow

Shrink and expand over time

But it proves that there's still light

Don't got much meat on my bones

Not making it through the winter

But I've gotten so good

At hiding as I get thinner

Don't want to take up much space

So I get the best hiding place

I'm safe

Where I will never escape

In the water, I am lighter than everything

I'll take off my shirt

If you make all of the swimmers sink

Weaponize all my weight

Realize I'm not what I ate

Or there'd be nothing to shame anymore

Anymore

I've seen the shape of my shadow

Shrink and expand over time

It's tough to sink where it's shallow

But I'll pull it off if I try