Sitting here alone. Silence hits hard. You're gone. I hear what you never said. YOU HELD THE FEAR. I HAD THE AFTERNOON. Three miles gone. Wrong road. Nobody knew. Creek water. Bamboo sky. Home by dusk. You worried. I ran free. You watched the clock. I chased daylight. YOU HELD THE FEAR. I HAD THE AFTERNOON. YOU HELD THE FEAR. I HAD THE AFTERNOON. Now the fear is mine. Dot on the screen. Left. Arrived. Check. Check again. Always known. Never gone. Keep them close. Keep them safe. Keep them seen. Check. Check. Check. YOU HELD THE FEAR. I HAD THE AFTERNOON. YOU HELD THE FEAR. I HAD THE AFTERNOON. Let them get lost. Let them find something without me. Let the world say check. Let the whole thing push back. I'LL HOLD THE FEAR. I'LL HOLD THE PRESSURE. LET THEM HAVE THE AFTERNOON. LET THEM HAVE THE AFTERNOON. You held the fear. I had the afternoon. Now the fear is mine. They get the afternoon.
