The Weight (Finding Something You Never Knew You Needed)

from Samples by Heather Aubrey Lloyd

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"Finding something you never knew you needed" led Heather to a friend's story of re-learning to do his very hands-on job without the accustomed weight of his wedding ring, post divorce.

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Did I show up right on time,
as you were finishing the crescent on a question mark
I closed in a circle?

And once you were mine,
the weight upon your hand and the promise
just too much of a burden

But if it's love ... why the hurting?
If it's love ... why the weight?
Around my finger, turning,
Oh, if it's love ...

Like walking on the moon,
we fell, but I learned how to walk with you
my left hand anchored to yours

Cold around my finger
the empty space, I shiver with the first new lover's touch
upon the skin that was obscured

Love ... I thought I knew.
But oh, love ... how I miss you.
Love ... the weight ...
was more than you could take

And once I slipped you off
I discovered something lost
now I'm superhuman
I don't know what I'm doing
I'm only clumsy because I'm so strong

And when it's love ... I'm gonna feel it
When it's love ... it won't be a weight.
I could float right on up to the ceiling.
Honey, I'm not saying you were kryptonite,
but all of a sudden I can fly.

Did I show up right on time,
as you were finishing the crescent on a question mark
I thought was a circle?

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from Samples, released August 1, 2010

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Heather Aubrey Lloyd Baltimore, Maryland

Recovering reporter turned songwriter, Heather Aubrey Lloyd also co-fronts Baltimore’s ilyAIMY. Her 2017 solo release, “A Message in the Mess,” spotlights Lloyd’s emotive alto and a polished departure from her band’s alt-folk grit. Awards from the likes of No Depression Magazine, Telluride Troubadour, National Women’s Music Fest, etc. soon followed. Lloyd will release new music in late 2020. ... more

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