The Anchor’s Debt

[Verse 1]
The mountain holds its breath
Beneath a sky of frozen lead
The iron pin is driven
Deep into the granite bed
I’m tracing out the logic
Of a world that never slept
Counting all the reasons
I mistook the rope for help

[Chorus]
I am the weight on the line
I am the pull on your chest
You climb higher every time
I sink lower
Pay the debt
If I let go
You’ll be falling
If I hold tight
I forget
Who I was before I offered
You my anchor’s debt

[Verse 2]
Your shouting turns to breathing
Then to stories
Then to steam
You call my name a blessing
I wear it like a seam
Stitched into the fault line
Where the old rock starts to slip
I taste the rust and river
Every time I loose my grip

[Chorus]
I am the weight on the line
I am the pull on your chest
You climb higher every time
I sink lower
Pay the debt
If I let go
You’ll be falling
If I hold tight
I forget
Who I was before I offered
You my anchor’s debt

[Bridge]
What if the earth lets go first
What if the steel gives way
Would you curse me as you’re falling
Or thank me for the days
We stole from empty futures
We never learned to spend
Is love a sacred promise
Or a bargain with the end

[Chorus]
I am the weight on the line
I am the pull on your chest
You climb higher every time
I sink lower
Pay the debt
If I let go
You’ll be falling
If I hold tight
I forget
Who I was before I offered
You my anchor’s debt