Weight
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I call your name over again, to feel the weight of it on my tongue.
So I won't forget the way it tastes right now.
I call your name over again, to feel the shape of it on my lips.
So I won't forget the way it sounds right now.
Maybe if I say it loud enough it'll echo on forever.
Again, again, again.
But maybe it's a waste of my breath.
Maybe you're farther gone than I think you are.

And the worst part is you're still right here.
It's me.
I'm the one.
I wonder can you hear?
Maybe if I say it loud enough it'll echo on forever.

Again, again, again.
But the more that I hear it the farther I fall, away from my body, away from it all.

Overall Meaning

The song "Weight" by Knola is a powerful reflection on the weight of memories and the pain of holding onto them. The opening lines of the song, "I call your name over again, to feel the weight of it on my tongue" suggest a deep longing to feel the presence of someone who is no longer there. The repetition of the phrase "to feel the weight of it" emphasizes the physicality of memory, how it can be experienced as a physical sensation in the body.

As the song progresses, the singer acknowledges the possibility that their efforts to hold onto the memory may be futile. They wonder if "maybe it's a waste of my breath" to keep calling out the name, if the person they miss is "farther gone" than they realize. The pain of this uncertainity is compounded by the fact that the person the singer misses is "still right here." This could suggest that they are physically present, but emotionally distant or that their memory is omnipresent.

The final lines of the song are particularly poignant: "But the more that I hear it the farther I fall, away from my body, away from it all." Here, the singer describes how the obsessive repetition of memory can lead to a sense of disassociation or disconnect from the present moment, causing them to "fall away" from themselves and their surroundings. The song ends with a sense of unresolved longing, with the singer's heartache left hanging in the air.

Line by Line Meaning

I call your name over again, to feel the weight of it on my tongue.
I repeat your name to sense its heaviness on my tongue.

So I won't forget the way it tastes right now.
I do this, thus I could remember how your name sounded at this moment.

I call your name over again, to feel the shape of it on my lips.
I repeat your name to sense its contours on my lips.

So I won't forget the way it sounds right now.
I do this, thus I could remember how your name sounded at this moment.

Maybe if I say it loud enough it'll echo on forever.
Perhaps, if I shout it loudly, its sound would reverberate without end.

Again, again, again.
I keep repeating this cycle.

But maybe it's a waste of my breath.
But possibly, it's pointless.

Maybe you're farther gone than I think you are.
Perhaps, you're further than I imagine.

And the worst part is you're still right here.
The difficult part is that you're still present.

It's me.
It's my shortcoming.

I'm the one.
It's my doing.

I wonder can you hear?
I ponder if you can listen.

But the more that I hear it the farther I fall, away from my body, away from it all.
But as I hear it more, the more I depart from myself, and all other things.

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