Assemblage 23
My Burden (1997)
My burden
My weight to carry alone
Inside me
Down through the very marrow of my bones

My sickness
You can catch it if you get too close
It'll tear you down
Drown us in fire and destroy us both

Unforgetting, unbelieving, impure
Unrelenting, unkind, and unsure

My burden
My decay, my demise
My weakness
My escape, my disguise

My extinction
My destiny, my fate
My destruction
Self-esteem dissolves into self-hate

Unforgetting, unbelieving, impure
Unrelenting, unkind, and unsure
So much human rot
But what else have I got?