Take The Weight (Kristin Stokes) 

LYRICS! I think I know how Atlas felt When he got the cards that he was dealt It seems a pretty lousy hand. And life is full of rotten deals You got no clue just how it feels When everyone expects so much you can barely stand. And you wish that you were stronger Cause you know you’re gonna fall And you can’t hold on much longer You’re gonna lose it all. Take the weight from my shoulders, Take the weight from my mind, From my mind. It’s strange, you’re making me uneasy We’re both a little broken, so maybe you could see me. It’s weird, but a good weird. I know (x5) I just can’t let go. It’s like how much can you take Until you break. Take the weight from my shoulders. Take the weight from my mind. They say wait until you’re older But there’s so many things I have yet to find. Can’t take the weight. (x4) (Numerous woah ohs)

An official recording of Take The Weight?? Wow this is all I need in life

This is such an amazing song. It really captures her Annabeth character and being able to incorporate how she was feeling in the first book with a metaphor from the third book when she had to hold up the sky! Love it! ❤

I love how you can hear the pain and vulnerability in her voice, even when not on stage Kristin embodies her character and the emotion of the song, I love her 💙

*I'm just gonna listen to this very loudly for about an hour.*

I loved this song and i love how it has been recorded in a proper studio. Kristen's voice was just made for this song. Why did you cut such an amazing song? I still love it with all my heart and what I've been through, it's helping me now

Lyrics Think I know how Atlas felt when he got the cards he was delt, it seems a pretty lousy hand, and life is full of rotten deals, You got no clue just how it feels, When everyone expects so much you can barely stand And you wish that you were stronger, cause you know gonna fall And you can't hold on much longer, Gonna lose it all Take the weight from my shoulders, Take the weight from my mind From my mind Its strange you're making me uneasy We're both a little broken, So maybe you can see me it's weird But a good weird I know (×5) I just can't let go It's like how much can you take, before you break Take the weight from my shoulders Take the weight from my mind They say weight ti'll you're older But there's so many things I've yet to find, Can't take the weight (4) No ( or oh, not entirely sure) Multiple woahohohohs

Omg please please please please please make a karaoke/instrumental track, I love this song and really want to sing it for karaoke at my school

This was the project... I have been waiting for this official version sense your blue room show!

I’m wondering... does anyone know where this would fit in the show?

Kristin's voice is so beautiful! ❤️

I'm so happy right now, you can't understand-- I can't understand what I'm feeling! This is so beautiful and I love it

I am so happy this is official recording! yaaas! I love you Kristin ♥♥♥

I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH!

This is so good!

Been waiting for this for ages, thank you sm ;-;

IM HAVING A BREAKDOWN

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG AHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH

YESS

Is there any chance Smart Girls will be put up on spotify?

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE REFERENCE TO “In the Same Boat” LIKE YES

ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Hi

This song would be so powerful as an act 1 closer for a Titan's Curse.

"I think I know how Atlas felt" is SO GOOD. I think it shows the Musical cast and crew's love and respect for the original material and still make the musical it's own special thing.

Imagine lf annabeth was sing this to Percy when they were holding up the sky and she brought the right emotional that annabeth and this song me feel something because I relate to annabeth so much she and percy and Nico and will mostly annabeth is my comfort character I love voice actors to she beautiful and pretty ❤ has a perfect voice she got annabeth characters great

it would be really cool if, should there ever be a pjo musical centered around ttc, annabeth has a line that says, “well, now i know how atlas feels” and when percy takes her place, they have overlapping lines, “can he/can i take the weight? is this how they felt, all alone, is he/was she afraid?”

"When everyone expects so much, you can barely stand" this reminds me of MoA when Annabeth breaks her ankle looking for the mark of athena. Everyone was counting on her. Athena, her friends, camp half-blood, Rome, and Greece. She knew how important this quest was and it was affecting her but she had to push through.

love that part where the bass takes over 👌 i wanna play it so bad

ok imagine this: Annabeth singing this when luke tricks her in The Titans curse. Or after when she is watching the battle and Percy/Artemis(i forget who's holding it at that time) is holding the world.

it published 2 years ago today! eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek

Is it only me, or Kristen Stokes is exactly who I want to be

Dam this is a good song

I feel like I have so much weight on my shoulders. Im only 13 but sometimes when I listen to this song I weep on the inside, and sometimes outside. During the chorus with "Take the weight from my shoulders, take the weight form my mind, from my mind" I think to myself" I wish I could, Annabeth, but I'll have to make room on mine." Yes Im sure you all are thinking "Oh, you think this is hard? Wait till you grow up, kid" But still, as you grow up you adjust to the problems you have. Anyway, I know no-one cares and this is just a fictional song in a fictional universe by a fictional character, but this really hit home for me.

Am i the only one who thinks that this song and Try are like- their emotions but in titans curse

You guys remember Annabeth held up the sky for a day

Who else would die for Kristen

...when everyone expects so much you can barely stand- I felt that

This song has to be in the show

I like how Annabeth says "It's weird, but a good weird." I think My Grand Plan works better, but this is a really good song.

I love how much foreshadowing is in this! Annabeth should journey has just began.

I could picture thos song in Titans Curse while they're dancing at the military school. And then, a reprise when percy takes the weight of the sky at the end

I mean, she's about to know how Atlas feels....

the ending is so beautiful!

When I first read the lightning thief I thought annabeth was gonna be percys nemesis ooof I was wrong

Ok, imagine Annabeth singing this on the Argo II when she comes back from Tartarus. Like she walks into her cabin for the first time in what's felt like forever and everything she's gone through just comes crashing down on her. From when she ran away when she was seven to her going on the quest for Athena, when she was in Tartarus, The battle of Manhatten, and the upcoming war with Gaea that she still has to win. And she's remembering everyone that she's lost and everyone she could lose if she doesn't succeed

What a fricken QUEEN

Please could we have the chords? I’d love to sing this for the end- of- year showcase at school

Is there a instrumental. Because I wanna sing this soo bad

when this song would be great in the titans curse musical if one was ever made

This would fit SO GOOD in the Titans curse after Annabeth takes weight of the sky from Luke 😲 It would be the most perfect song

I'm not crying You are

Fun fact: sing this slowly and you can use the karaoke "say you womt let go" and it fits good enough lol

This song is so beautiful. Can you please put this on Spotify, if possible? And/or a karaoke track of this would be amazing, I'd love to try and do a cover of this song someday

This show has been here for me in ways I thought would be impossible. Once again, this cast and these creators have reached me when I have felt no one could. Thank you so much.

Anyone else notice that the higher voice is Thalia? In the tree on the hill we hear that same voice and i think it's supposed to be an echo of her?

Oh come on Annabeth you don’t know how Atlas feels yet, just wait a couple years and you can say that.

A lot of people have said this would stand good in the Titans Curse or in the Battle of the Labyrinth, but I actually think this would be great in the Sea of Monsters when Annabeth is telling Percy about her fatal flaw. Anyone else? Also I *so* wish this song was on Spotify!

is there anyway i can listen to this amazing song on spotify? 🥺 i really love this song so much

Chords?

This would fit so perfectly when Annabeth is holding up the world for atlas. The scene would be her singing while the battle is going on around her in slow motion and the spot lights only on her! Edit: thanks for all the likes guys this is the most I've ever gotten!

Please they need to use this in the background of the tv show of percy jackson.

Wow.

I needed this

Rob Doing vocals in his own song is such a mood

“it’s weird, but a good weird” percy in the weirdest dream

This is quite possibly my favorite song from the whole musical, even though it was cut. It expresses the side of Annabeth that I connect most deeply with. So happy for an official recording!

this would FIT SO GOOD in battle of the labyrinth after Percy’s “death” (he doesn’t actually die he just like yeets for a couple weeks) and like this would be such a good fit for annabeth and that feeling of loss that she has for him, and naturally she would feel like the rest of the war would be on her shoulders, after Percy’s death so yeah @lightning thief company if you make battle of the labyrinth DO THAT

This is beautiful!!! I want an official recording of Pick a side!!!

How to break the comment section in less than 200 words? "Stars," she whispered. "I can see the stars again, my lady." A tear trickled down Artemis's cheek. "Yes, my brave one. They are beautiful tonight." "Stars," Zoe repeated. Her eyes fixed on the night sky. And she did not move again. Thalia lowered her head. Annabeth gulped down a sob, and her father put his hands on her shoulders. I watched as Artemis cupped her hand above Zoe's mouth and spoke a few words in Ancient Greek. A silvery wisp of smoke exhaled from Zoe's lips and was caught in the hand of the goddess. Zoe's body shimmered and disappeared. Artemis stood, said a kind of blessing, breathed into her cupped hand and released the silver dust to the sky. It flew up, sparkling, and vanished. For a moment I didn't see anything different. Then Annabeth gasped. Looking up in the sky, I saw that the stars were brighter now. They made a pattern I had never noticed before-a gleaming constellation that looked a lot like a girl's figure-a girl with a bow, running across the sky. "Let the world honor you, my Huntress," Artemis said. "Live forever in the stars.”

the fact that smart girls is not on spotify brings me great sadness.

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