He's got— Someone call— Where's Lola— Get back, get back— He's got a— Somebody stop him— Where is she— Get back—
I carried this for her For a name I stopped saying out loud A long time ago For a room I never stopped keeping ready Like she'd walk back in And it'd all make sense again
Like the hallway light Still knows her footsteps Like the second chair Is still hers to sit in I kept it ready I kept it ready I kept it ready And she never came
Niko— Look at me Not at them At me
Whatever you do In the next ten seconds Doesn't bring her back You already know that
You knew that Before you picked this up You knew it walking in the door You knew it and you came anyway
NIKO Don't Don't tell me what I already know I know it I know it and I did it anyway
Because knowing Didn't stop the wanting And I am so tired Of being the one who knows better
I am so tired Of being the reasonable one The one who stayed The one who understood
Nobody deserves this Not even them Not Gaia Not Raia Not Maia Nobody deserves to die for this
Nobody deserves this I need you to hear that Nobody deserves this Not even the ones who hurt her
NIKO Then why did she?
Tell me that Tell me how "nobody deserves it" And my sister is still gone And they still get to walk around
Like it never happened Like she was just— Collateral Like a footnote in somebody else's story
How do you forgive people Who never even asked to be forgiven How do you stand there And hand out mercy like it's free
It is not free I paid for it She paid for it Everybody paid for it but them
Why does the world Keep asking me for mercy When nobody Ever asked mercy for her
Why is it always The ones who are hurting Who have to be the bigger person Why is that fair Why is any of this fair
LOLA I'm not asking you to forgive them
I don't think I have Not yet Maybe not ever
I'm asking you Not to become The thing That took her from you
There are other ways To make them answer for this
Courts Truth Her name Said out loud Finally By people Who have to listen
That's not nothing, Niko That's not the same as nothing It's slower It's harder But it's real And it doesn't cost you everything
NIKO I don't know how to want Anything else anymore
I don't know who I am Without this
I don't know who I am If I put it down
NIKO NO— LOLA—
Stay with me Stay with me Somebody help— Stay with me—
NIKO Hey Hey, stay with me, okay Stay right here
Somebody's coming I called They're coming
Just stay with me Please Please stay with me Please
LOLA ...two strange souls...
NIKO ...who ran from the same room—
LOLA Wait for spring... I'll find you... In the spring...
