Why do you carry this weight,
This ball and chain?
It is this relic that
Binds you to the past.

Cast aside memories and achieve release.
Leave the past behind you, become free.
One at a time, you've watched them die;
One by one, to rest you've seen them lie.

But you do not let them rest,
Though you know 'twould be best,
With untold agony you've carried
The guilt of each whom you've buried.

Leave the past behind you, think of the now and here
And the future which, e'en now, draws near.
Let memories plague you no longer,
Let them, instead, make you stronger.

Forget the past and joy will increase.
Just let the memories rest in peace.