Not Alone
Hour after hour, day after day, time creeps by slower than a sedated Cyclops. It seems that my boss works me harder with every project, always wanting the best out of me. Sometimes, it's just too much. The endless hours at the office designing buildings that will never see the light of the meeting room for the board members. The ideas that are so cruelly rejected. Don't even get me started with the monsters that still follow me around after all these years. Sometimes… I feel like I won't make it through the day.
Slowly fading away
You're lost and so afraid
Where is the hope in a world so cold
Looking for a distant light
Someone who could save a life
You're living in fear that no one will hear your cries
But my Percy is always there when I get home, with a cup of tea and a shoulder to cry on. He listens, and I listen in turn. Because that's what love is. And even after the constant daily struggle, just being with him makes it worth my while.
I am with you
I will carry you through it all
I won't leave you, I will catch you
When you feel like letting go
Cause you're not, you're not alone
Even when my dad and stepmother decided that, finally, they'd had enough. They were tired of my presence endangering their children, tired of the pain and suffering they felt obligated to go through whenever I went on a quest or had a brush with death. I haven't seen them in years, not since they made the decision to push me out.
Your heart is full of broken dreams
Just a fading memory
And everything's gone but the pain carries on
Lost in the rain again
When will it ever end
The arms of relief seem so out of reach
Percy was there, never wavering in his loyalty and love. I remember the day of Katie's funeral, when the Apollo cabin had done everything they could to save her after the hellhound attack but the cruel hand of death closed upon her anyway. I laid by her body, covered with the floral shroud her cabin made for her, and wept because I knew that even if I had been there when she died, I wouldn't have been able to do anything. That night, Percy held me close, not saying anything because it was at the point where words were not needed to convey emotion.
But I, I am here
I am with you
I will carry you through it all
I won't leave you, I will catch you
When you feel like letting go
Cause you're not, you're not alone
And I'll be your hope when you feel like it's over
And I will pick you up when your whole world shatters
And when you're finally in my arms
Look up and see love has a face
We have stayed by each other's side for too many years to count now, and I have no doubt that this will be the case until the day we die, and beyond. Our love is that of the stars, filled with something so indescribable and eternal. I love Percy. The day he dies, the earth will be made a less beautiful place.
I am with you
I will carry you through it all
I won't leave you I will catch you
When you feel like letting go
Cause you're not, you're not alone
And I will be your hope
And I will pick you up
And I will be your hope
And I will be your hope
Not alone