Fear
words and music by Paul Spencer, 2000

D - - - / C#dim7 - - - / D - - - / D - - - /
D - - - / Bm - - - / Bm - - - /
Em - - - / Cmaj7 - - - / F#m - - - / F#m - - - /
Adim7 - - - / B7 - - - / B7 - - - /
Em - - - / A - G - / D - - - / D - - - /

Fear comes down up on me in the dark,
Though not quite unexpected,
My impulse is to run, hide away,
Hope I’m not detected,
I can’t escape, the fear is in my heart.

Scampering I leave my friends behind,
The fear I carry with me,
Now it has me totally entranced,
My resistance fails swiftly,
And a host of horrid futures fills my mind.

Everything I live for is destroyed,
Justice is defeated,
Terror past all hope of consolation,
Each image is repeated,
Inside me on a screen I can’t avoid.

I’m rescued on the threshold of despair,
Friendly arms around me,
The present moment settles on my mind,
I spit my fear out loudly,
I feel my skin again and breathe the air.