| I don’t want to scare you but we need to talk
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| It’s only fair that you know a few things about me before we start
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| And if you determine after learning of this little issue of mine
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| That you need to go
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| I won’t be surprised
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| You strike me as someone who’s seen quite a lot
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| But in my honest opinion I doubt this’ll work like you thought
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| There’s something specific I need you to do if you’re up to the task
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| (Which you don’t seem to be from the way that
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| You’re still staring back with no change of expression)
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| But hey — you can give it a shot
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| I wish I was I wish I was
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| I wish I wish I wish I was
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| I wish I was I wish I was
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| I wash I was afraid because
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| I’ve seen how people work
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| I’ve watched them all these years
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| They are not driven by ambition
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| All their motors run on fear
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| Each one afraid of aging, dying
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| Being lonely, getting caught
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| They’re terrified of moving on
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| But scared of staying here
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| I bared my neck to the teeth of a knife
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| They’ve held my head under the water for minutes — I didn’t mind
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| I’ve been blind, bound and tied at the mercy of strangers
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| They beat me, whatever
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| My heart didn’t race — I was fine
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| I got them to hang me from terrible heights
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| They took me to places of poverty, malice, unspeakable
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| War — I have seen people die
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| They left me at night in the heart of the forest, the air full of noises
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| The creatures that eat us just feet from my face
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| As their wild cries sounded, and darkness surrounded
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| And still I did not bat an eye
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| I wish I was I wish I was
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| I wish I was afraid because
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| I wish I was I wish I was
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| Afraid afraid afraid because
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| I wish I was I wish because
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| I wish I was afraid because
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| I wish I was I wish I was
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| I wish I was afraid because
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| I wish I was I wish I was
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| I wish I was afraid because
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| I wish I wish I wish because
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| If you’re not scared, you’re not in love |