Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Opeth
Canonical path: /opeth/burden
Related lyric paths: 6
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Burden
Read Burden lyrics by Opeth on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Burden
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I once upon a time
Carried a burden inside
I sung a last goodbye
A broken rhyme I'd underlined
There's an ocean of sorrow in you
Sorrow in me
Saw a movement in their eyes
Said, I no longer knew the way
Given up the ghost
A passive mind submit to fear
And the wait for redemption at hand
Waiting to fail
Failing again
If death should take me now
Count my mistakes and let me through
Whisper in my ear
You've taken more than we've received
And the ocean of sorrow is you
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