The Fear Song - Amanda Palmer, Jason Webley

I don’t want to scare you but we need to talk

It’s only fair that you know a few things about me before we start

And if you determine after learning of this little issue of mine

That you need to go

I won’t be surprised

You strike me as someone who’s seen quite a lot

But in my honest opinion I doubt this’ll work like you thought

There’s something specific I need you to do if you’re up to the task

(Which you don’t seem to be from the way that

You’re still staring back with no change of expression)

But hey — you can give it a shot

I wish I was I wish I was

I wish I wish I wish I was

I wish I was I wish I was

I wash I was afraid because

I’ve seen how people work

I’ve watched them all these years

They are not driven by ambition

All their motors run on fear

Each one afraid of aging, dying

Being lonely, getting caught

They’re terrified of moving on

But scared of staying here

I bared my neck to the teeth of a knife

They’ve held my head under the water for minutes — I didn’t mind

I’ve been blind, bound and tied at the mercy of strangers

They beat me, whatever

My heart didn’t race — I was fine

I got them to hang me from terrible heights

They took me to places of poverty, malice, unspeakable

War — I have seen people die

They left me at night in the heart of the forest, the air full of noises

The creatures that eat us just feet from my face

As their wild cries sounded, and darkness surrounded

And still I did not bat an eye

I wish I was I wish I was

I wish I was afraid because

I wish I was I wish I was

Afraid afraid afraid because

I wish I was I wish because

I wish I was afraid because

I wish I was I wish I was

I wish I was afraid because

I wish I was I wish I was

I wish I was afraid because

I wish I wish I wish because

If you’re not scared, you’re not in love