Watch My Back For Me

Watch My Back For Me

Keep your ear to the ground

I sense there is trouble around.

You need to watch my back

I will be under attack.

Just keep your eyes open wide

And ears be the eye I need behind my back.

Be the light that keeps me safe.

When the wind starts to shift, don’t blink,

Read the silence, tell me what you think.

I move in the dark, but you’re my spark,

My signal fire when the paths get dark.

I trust your pulse more than my own.

If shadows creep close, don’t run,

Stand like a wall till the danger’s done.

I’ll walk ahead but you stand tall,

So I don’t lose myself if I fall.

You’re my shield when my sword is gone.

Speak only when the truth is near,

Lie if it saves me — lie clear.

But never let me walk blind,

Keep the rhythm, match my mind,

Move when I move, fear no fear.

If they whisper lies, I won’t hear,

You’ll be the filter in my ear.

A thousand eyes might watch us now,

But I trust your glance to show me how.

You’re the calm in the crack of sound.

And if I drop, don’t scream, don’t cry,

Just breathe for me, until I rise.

I don’t need the world to understand,

Only your steady, open hand.

You’re the map when the stars go black.