Amanda Palmer, Jason Webley - The Fear Song lyrics

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