I don’t know what I’ll do

when you’re not here

and I don’t mean how I’ll get by

or how I’ll pay the bills

who will say

I think you’re right

who will say

I can’t believe you said that

who will say

you’re making something out of this

that isn’t there

who will say

you’re right to be afraid

I don’t know what I’ll be

when you’re not here

who will say it’s fine

when I know that it isn’t

I’m right to be afraid

I have never known

a world

without you in it.