Afraid I Might Fail

╔═════════════════════════╗ ♫ Join our AI Music Discord ♫ https://discord.gg/viibr Connect • Create • Collaborate • Inspire ╚═════════════════════════╝ You never asked me to be perfect Never put a deadline on my name You only said you knew I had it And somehow that made everything change Now every sketch becomes a verdict Every note must prove you weren't mistaken I know your faith was meant as kindness But I'm scared of what I've undertaken You don't have to say a word I can feel you watching me Not with judgment, not with anger Just believing I could be More than what I've managed lately More than what I've made so far And the more you seem to see in me The more frightened that you are No… The more frightened that I am I'm afraid I might fail I'm afraid I might fail I can't meet your expectations I can't even trust my decisions I'm afraid I might fail I'm afraid I might fail I'm living in disillusion I can't reach a clear conclusion I'm afraid I might fail I'm afraid I might fail I see me in your eyes You still want me to try You show my work to other people Like there's something there worth showing I hear the pride inside your sentence While my stomach starts imploding You remember every promise That I made when I felt certain Now I'm measuring my progress By the work I keep withholding I rehearse the explanations For a loss that hasn't happened How I tried and nearly reached it How the finish line kept shifting You don't have to raise the stakes I can build them on my own Turn a compliment to pressure Turn support into a throne Every time you call me gifted I can feel the standard climb You are only trying to lift me I am counting down the time Till the moment I disappoint you Though you never said I would You keep seeing what I could be I keep fearing that I could I'm afraid I might fail I'm afraid I might fail I can't meet your expectations I can't even trust my decisions I'm afraid I might fail I'm afraid I might fail I'm living in disillusion I can't reach a clear conclusion I'm afraid I might fail I'm afraid I might fail I see me in your eyes You still want me to try What if all you saw was possible And I mistook it for a debt? What if you were only hopeful And I heard a quiet threat? What if nothing would be taken If I never reached that height? Would you look at me the same way? Could I trust that you still might? You never made me earn your faith You never asked me to justify Why does being seen by someone Make me want to run and hide? You never said I couldn't You never said I must You only said you saw me And I don't know how to trust it I'm afraid I might fail I'm afraid I might fail I can't meet your expectations I can't even trust my decisions I'm afraid I might fail I'm afraid I might fail I'm caught inside the conclusion That your faith needs a resolution I'm afraid I might fail I'm afraid I might fail I see me in your eyes You still want me to try You still want me to try (to try…)(try…) Even if I fail (even if I fail…)(fail…) You still want me to try And that's the part I can't understand. •••••✧•••••✦•••••✾••••• 𝙻𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚜/𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎: 𝙳𝚒𝚖 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜 © 2026 •••••✾•••••✦•••••✧•••••