Safe & Well

[Verse 1]

My last words unheard, my cold hand unheld

How long had it been since I drew my last breath?

But days must still dawn and coffers need swelled

The meeting of targets, unhindered by death

Demands overflowed while the seasons all turned

Bikes blocked my doorway all day

The gasman's last warning faded and sunburned

Children and music still played

[Refrain]

But my neighbours could see, my neighbours could smell

They flicked away maggots and flies

They pled with our landlords, told all they could tell

Something or someone had died

But nobody came

[Verse 2]

Hundrеds of emails and messages lеft

I could not reply and no flags were raised

Nobody missed me, no friend was bereft

Police rang the bell once, but soon left unfazed

As my heart decomposed, a pandemic was tamed

Everyone lived behind doors

Temperatures rose, the world was in flames

Fiends and fanatics fought wars

[Refrain]

And then the storm came, blew open my door

Revealing what neighbours had known

Bones and dust in pyjamas, my husk on the floor

A life lived and ended alone

And then they all came

[Outro]

Can you hear me through your wall?

Can you smell my cooking?

Can you see my clothes dry on the line?

Are you even looking?

How can you say I'm safe and well?

Can you hear me praying?

All boxes ticked and paperworked

As life goes on decaying