Bald Raven - Left on read

Описание: After it was clear she has cancer, Alice couldn't get herself to tell anybody what she's going through, stay in touch with friends, even ask for support. She didn't know how to put in words what she's going through. I and her family were the only people she remained in close contact with.

Album: Alice in Pain
This album is a journey of grief and pain I went through carrying my wife, Alice, through her hyper aggressive breast cancer that took her away from me within 6 months

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6Fv5zs...
Soundcloud: @baldraven
IG: @bald_raven

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Lyrics:
I didn’t know what words to write,
How do you say you’re losing the fight?
How do you text, “I won’t be long,”
When yesterday I said I’m strong?

How do you send, “It’s cancer now,”
Without explaining when or how?
So I let the silence spread,
Watched your message — left on read.

Left on read, left on read,
Not from anger, not from dread.
Left on read, left on read,
I just didn’t know what to say instead.
Left on read, left on read,
While something in my body bled.
Left on read, left on read,
I was dying slow inside my head.

Friends would write, “Hey where’ve you been?”
“Are you okay?” “Let’s meet again.”
I’d hold the phone against my chest,
Too tired to answer, too tired to rest.

Every reply felt sharp and wide,
Like typing truth would make it real inside.
If I said “cancer,” it wouldn’t hide,
It would breathe out loud, it would live outside.

Left on read, left on read,
Not because I didn’t need.
Left on read, left on read,
I just couldn’t make the words proceed.
Left on read, left on read,
Too much fear in what they’d read.
Left on read, left on read,
I was fading faster than I’d lead.

The last month I couldn’t try,
Phone would light and I’d just lie
Staring at the ceiling bare,
No more strength to even care.

So I said, “Can you speak for me?
Can you tell them gently?”
You took the calls, you said the lines,
While I was running out of time.

Left on read, left on read,
Not because my heart had fled.
Left on read, left on read,
I just had no strength to give instead.
Left on read, left on read,
Every breath a heavier lead.
Left on read, left on read,
I didn’t mean to disappear — I just didn’t know how to say I won’t be here.