Lyric discussion by lycanpyre 

Cover art for Cumbersome lyrics by Seven Mary Three

I have totally been in the place that this song describes. I was with a girl for six years before we broke up, and the last year we were together, I'd lost my job, had to move in with her, was really depressed, gained some weight...all while she was going to medical school. Her life was going up, mine was going down. She was annoyed with me all the time, I felt like a loser....felt cumbersome.

I think this song is just about the awareness that you've become kind of a burden on someone, or just the world in general, and there isn't really anything you can do to change that at the moment.

"Resurrect those bridges with an ancient glance/But my old stone face can't seem to break her down" - I think this line relates to that feeling where you wish you could just turn back the clock, even for a day, and have the relationship that you used to have. Be able to affect her the way you used to when you look at her...but it doesn't work. You're just a tired face to her and nothing you do will work.

I've been there, done that, glad I moved on finally!

Great song, great identification of an emotion.