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Weight on us

Some of the verses from a song I'm working on. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

She doesn't understand
Why nobody listens
But they're all caught up
As the heap of trouble deepens
Wanting to do something to change their world
Can't figure out where to start
She slowly realizes that
All hope she has is being torn apart

She knows that things are wrong
Doesn't want to admit it
So many things are missing and she's slowly dying bit by bit
Though she has so far
Gotten along fine this way
The weight is all on us
To take the pain away

Inside she's dying
On the outside too
But her grass is still green
And her skies are still blue
Creating the illusion that she's perfectly okay
But we need to fix things if we want to see another day

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