Name: The Weight of the World
Duration: P00H02M29S
Description: This is another song about anxiety and insomnia (again, written before this whole crisis, but it applies more intensely now). I go through periods of anxiety and insomnia and I'm sure many of you know the feeling, especially now. For me, anxiety is heightened by the fact that I have young children to worry about too. (I have 2, but enough anxiety for the 4 in this song).

The Weight of the World

from Common Prayers by Walter Martin

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This is another song about anxiety and insomnia (again, written before this whole crisis, but it applies more intensely now). I go through periods of anxiety and insomnia and I'm sure many of you know the feeling, especially now. For me, anxiety is heightened by the fact that I have young children to worry about too. (I have 2, but enough anxiety for the 4 in this song).

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Well I know the weight of the world
Like I know the faces of my four little baby girls
And I’ve seen the man in the moon
'Cause he comforts me each night
As I lie awake in my room
As I go searching through my soul
To find the hole
Where the trouble get in
My faith has lost its hold
But Lordy, my heart
Has lost its way again
So as I watch those clouds roll across the plains
I'm ready for a good rain

Yeah, as I watch those clouds roll across the plains
I'm on my knees again

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from Common Prayers, released March 16, 2020
Written, performed and recorded by Walter Martin.

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Walter Martin is a multi-award-winning songwriter. Martin has released seven studio albums since embarking on a solo career in 2014. His solo career follows many years of writing, playing and touring in rock 'n' roll bands The Walkmen and Jonathan Fire*Eater. ... more

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