WEIGHT WITHOUT HANDS (THE LONG NIGHT Part 2)
PROF. CORTON · THE LONG NIGHT (The Complete Trilogy) · Out now
Part 2 of The Long Night trilogy. Growing up under expectations that spoke in goals instead of questions, where love felt earned, not given. A weight without hands: carried alone, and dropped when it broke you.
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Credits
Artist: Prof. Corton
Album: THE LONG NIGHT (The Complete Trilogy)
Album release: 18 September 2026
Label: Fragmented Music
Lyrics
I grew up counting footsteps in the hall
Trying to match a rhythm that wasn't mine
Every silence felt instructional
Every breath, another line to cross
You spoke in goals, not questions
Eyes fixed past where I stood
Love felt earned, not given
Measured by how well I could
I learned the rules before I learned myself
I learned to hide before I asked for help
Every time I slowed the pace
I felt the distance grow
Expectation cast a shadow
I couldn't outrun or outgrow
I CARRIED A WEIGHT WITHOUT HANDS
HELD TO A STANDARD I COULDN'T STAND
WHEN I BROKE, YOU LET ME FALL
CALLED IT STRENGTH — CALLED IT ALL I AM
When the pressure turned to noise
I looked for quiet in the wrong places
Found relief in borrowed hours
Found escape where nothing stays
I was sinking — not defiant
Just tired of trying to breathe
But failure sounded like betrayal
So you turned away from me
I didn't need correction
I needed connection
But absence was your answer
And silence was the lesson
I CARRIED A WEIGHT WITHOUT HANDS
PUSHED TO THE EDGE OF WHO I AM
WHEN I CRIED OUT, YOU CLOSED THE DOOR
LEFT ME TO FIGHT WHAT YOU IGNORED
I CARRIED A WEIGHT WITHOUT HANDS
PUSHED TO THE EDGE OF WHO I AM
WHEN I CRIED OUT, YOU CLOSED THE DOOR
LEFT ME TO FIGHT WHAT YOU IGNORED
NO GRACE
NO GROUND
JUST TARGETS
AND LETDOWN
YOU STEPPED BACK
WHEN I FELL APART
Maybe you thought distance would make me strong
Maybe you didn't know how to stay
But I learned the cost of being unseen
And I paid it every day
ABANDONMENT DOESN'T SCREAM
IT JUST STOPS ANSWERING
I DROPPED THE WEIGHT WITHOUT HANDS
FOUND MY VOICE IN THE AFTERMATH
IF I SURVIVED WHAT YOU WALKED AWAY FROM
THEN I'M MORE THAN WHAT YOU DEMAND
I'm not asking you to save me now
I just needed you to stay somehow
