(Voice: Emma ) [Verse 1] The walls are blank, the air is thin, I don’t know where the night begins. No window here, no open sky, Only her hand pressed into mine. [Chorus ] Be strong, I love you, Though the dark surrounds us. Be strong, I love you, Even fear can’t drown us. We don’t know why, we don’t know who, But Geneviève, my child — I’ll stay with you. [Verse 2 ] I think of David, searching still, Of Aurelia’s house on the San Francisco hill. Of voices that once held me near, Now echoes I replay to fight the fear. I think of John, of Caroline, too — Their laughter once lit the afternoons. I pray they’re safe, I pray they’re free, I pray they’ll never know nights like these. I tell myself I cannot break, For every step that they might take. For every shadow that might come — My heart must beat, my voice must hum. [Bridge] I hear the world beyond the door, The footsteps drag across the floor. Are they here for us? I don’t know. But my voice must stay, my strength must show. [Final Chorus] Be strong, I love you, Though the dark surrounds us. Be strong, I love you, Even fear can’t drown us. We don’t know why, we don’t know who, But Geneviève, my child — I’ll stay with you. [Outro] (Whispered) Be strong… Be strong… I love you. (Silence holds.)
