[male voice A — intimate] You go quiet like a building after something cuts the power and I stand there in the doorway counting seconds by the hour You answer me in one word staring somewhere past my shoulder and I know you're halfway gone even though you're standing closer [male voice A — rising] So let it come— whatever you've been trying not to say I didn't make it this far just to turn around when you finally let me see [male voice A — powerful] If it all comes down— come down beside me Don't make yourself disappear just to make this easier on me Let it get bad let me see it I don't need you safe I need you here [male voice B — restrained] I'm the voice of a generation of disgruntled men The result of a muted culture and a bad fucking trend We buried every warning and pretended none existed Built our armor out of silence built our hearts from fucking dust A thousand things I never learned to say [male voice B — breaking] I don't need your pity I don't need your lies I just want somebody to fucking hear me Before the silence dies Hear me? **Hear me!** [male voice A — darker] You say there's a side of this that I was never meant to witness Then you go somewhere I can't follow while you're standing in the kitchen You keep telling me to leave like you've already made the call But I hear goodbye in every reason you keep giving me to go And if you run— don't run clean Leave something I can follow [male voice B — angry] Don't tell me I am broken like I chose these cracks Don't tell me to move forward while you keep pushing me back I don't want your fucking label I don't want another fight I want someone to look at me and see the man behind the eyes I'm the silence too I'm every word I swallowed You can call me angry you can call me wrong But don't tell me I don't feel just because I don't know how to show it [male voice A — fierce] You don't get to tell me what I can live with Just because you're afraid I'll see you differently Stop making my choice for me If you're coming apart— come apart here Not better Not fixed Not easier to love **Here.** [male voice B — vulnerable] I've spent my whole life learning how to disappear [male voice A] Then stop disappearing [male voice B] What if you see everything? [male voice A] Then let me see it [male voice B] What if I can't put it back together? [male voice A] Then don't [male voice B] What if you leave? [male voice A] I'm not leaving [male voice B] I don't know how to stay [male voice A] Then stay badly [male voice B] I don't know how to be seen [male voice A] Then let me see you [male voice B — explosive] **I'M FUCKING SCARED!** [male voice A — calm] I know [male voice B] I'm angry [male voice A] I know [male voice B] I'm tired [male voice A] I know [male voice B] I don't know how to stop this [male voice A] You don't have to stop it Just don't face it alone [male voice B — emotional] **I'M STILL HERE!** [male voice A] Then stay [male voice B] I'm trying [male voice A] That's enough [male voice A + B — massive final chorus] If it all comes down— come down beside me Don't make yourself disappear while I'm still standing right here Let it get bad let me see it I don't need you healed I don't need an apology I need you here when you stop pretending you're okay If it all comes down— come down beside me [male voice B — exhausted] No more armor No more running No more deciding I'm too much to stay for [male voice A — whispered] You don't have to explain [male voice B] I know [male voice A] I'm still here [male voice B — barely audible] I know [male voice A + B] I'm still here
