Set It Down

There's a thing you did a long time back
That still wakes you up at four
You replay it like a verdict
On everything you should've been more
You've been draggin' that same stone uphill
So long you forgot you could rest
So come here, let me tell you what I see
When I look at all that mess

Just a kid who was tryin' to survive
Doin' the best with the little that they had

So set it down, set it down
You don't have to haul it around
That younger you was only tryin'
To keep the both of you alive
They did the best they could with what they knew
Now isn't that enough to love 'em through
The war is over, love, you're allowed
Set it down

All the walls that you built high
Every way you learned to disappear
The numbin' and the runnin'
That was armor, love, not somethin' to fear
You don't owe this world an apology
For the way you made it out
You made it out — and that's a beautiful thing
That's what bein' human's all about

So let those tired hands unclench
Let the weight they've held come to rest

So set it down, set it down
You don't have to haul it around
That younger you was only tryin'
To keep the both of you alive
They did the best they could with what they knew
Now isn't that enough to love 'em through
The war is over, love, you're allowed
Set it down

I know it's hard to forgive the hands
That only tried to keep you whole
But they kept you here, they kept you here
So thank 'em now, and let it go

So set it down, set it down
You don't have to haul it around
That younger you was only tryin'
To keep the both of you alive
They did the best they could with what they knew
Now isn't that enough to love 'em through
The war is over, love, you're allowed
Set it down

Set it down, set it down
You can set it down now