I hold myself together here,
for fear my eyes may never close.
A pocket watch ticks until I tear.

You left it on the table there
just for me. I stood, froze,
and hold myself together here.

I took hold of a chair, made it steer.
Crept to the edge like a recluse,
as the pocket watch ticks until I tear.

I wanted to end the dreaded nightmare;
you made the choice I’d never choose.
So now I hold myself together here.

I cry as I realize you had made it clear.
My words had slowly become the noose,
like the pocket watch ticking ‘till I tore.

Though if it were so much to say I care,
or even say, “I need you, heaven knows”,
instead I hold myself together here.
My pocket watch ticks ‘till tonight I tear.