VERSE 1: There's an albatross around your neck, All the things you've said, and the things you've done, Can you carry it with no regrets, Can you stand the person you've become, Ooooh there's a light (x2) Your Albatross, let it go, let it go, Your Albatross shoot it down, shoot it down When you just can't shake The heavy weight of living VERSE 2: Stepping forward out into the day Shrugging off the dust and memory Though it's soaring still above your head It is out of sight and none shall see Ooooh there's a light (x2) Your Albatross, let it go, let it go, Your Albatross shoot it down, shoot it down When you just can't shake The heavy weight of living BRIDGE: It's the suuun in your eyes, in your eyes (x4) Your Albatross, let it go, let it go, Your Albatross shoot it down, shoot it down When you just can't shake The heavy weight of living OUTRO: The Weight of Living The Weight of Living (2x)