Sitting on a bench in the city aquarium
staring into the turquoise
chloride shadowplay, and suddenly
I’m afraid, so very afraid

Chewing the lunch I made to go
sandwich with tomato and cheese
wrapped in paper, tied with a string
and I’m afraid, so very afraid

Kids run by, with teacher in tow
hammerheads, stingrays observe
wide awake they dream of kills
and I’m afraid, so very afraid

I’ll die an old man, in my sleep
sons and daughters there to mourn
it’ll be a life before it’ll be a death
and I’m afraid, so very afraid

On that bench I understood
for no real reason, I just. did.
how much I stand to lose
how high my throne and days

The world sparked up inside me
as ice against the glass