People say
They say all the time
You can count on me
You can call me anytime
Anytime you are in need -
Do they not understand?
Do they not realize?
That we rarely
Ask for help.
To do so
In our mind
It would be like lowering ourselves.
Without asking for help
We are showing independence
Without asking for help
We are showing our strength
Without asking for help
We are lying
Putting up a front -
That we have no weakness.

Sure, you'll be sitting around your phone
Waiting for me to call
Should I need you -
Sure, you'd come running
At least that is what you say
If I needed you -
If I needed you
Or anything
You make it clear
That you I can count on
To be there.
Just because I don't call
Just because I don't let you see me fall
Just because I refuse to let me see me down
Refuse to see me broken -
Doesn't mean that I don't need you.