Heirloom

C G/B Am F C You try your hardest to leave the past alone. G/B Am F C This crooked posture is all you've ever known. G/B Am F C It is the consequence of living in between G/B Am F C The weight of family and the pull of gravity. Am G F You are so much more than your father's son. Am G F You are so much more than what I've become. C G/B Am F C Long before you were born there was light G/B Am F C Hidden deep in these young, unfamiliar eyes. G/B Am F C A million choices, though little on their own, G/B Am F C Become the heirloom of the heaviness you've known. Am G F You are so much more than your father's son. Am G F You are so much more than what I've become, Am G F What I've become, Am G F What I've become. Am Am G/B You pressed rewind C For the thousandth time F When the tapes wore through. Am G/B So you memorized C Those unscripted lines, F Desperate for some kind of clue: Am G/B When the scale tipped, C When you inherited F A fight that you were born to lose. Am G/B It's not your fault, C No, it's not your fault, F I put this heavy heart in you. C/E F I put this heavy heart in you. C G/B Am F C You remind me of who I could have been, G/B Am F C Had I been stronger and braver way back then. G/B Am F C A million choices, though little on their own, G/B Am F C Became the heirloom of the heaviness we've known. Am G F You are so much more than your father's son. Am G F You are so much more than the wars you've won. Am G F You are so much more than your father's son. Am G F You are so much more than what I've become. (Repeat the run) Am G F What I've become Am G F What I've become C (Fade out)