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[A Cappella Intro]
I m afraid of the way I live my life.
I m afraid of the way I don t
I m afraid of the things I want to do but I won t.
I m afraid of God.
I m afraid to believe and I m afraid of all the loved ones that I ve made leave.
I m afraid that my dog doesn t love me anymore.
[Verse I]
I m afraid of the social laziness that let Kitty Genovese die.
And I m afraid of the mob mentality that makes otherwise normal people go blind.
I m afraid of the way that the world works and I m afraid of the words in my notebooks.
I m afraid that you all know that I am a pervert.
[Chorus I]
But the big red bird that lives under the city
doesn t give a damn about me and it dies every night.
By burning alive.
[Verse II]
I m afraid of my grandfathers cancer.
And I m afraid of my mom s dying arm.
I m afraid that I ve somehow caused my family harm.
I m afraid that the ones I love won t have enough.
I m afraid that the ones I love won t have enough.
[Bridge/Chorus II]
It s harder to be yourself than it is to be anybody else.
(Asus2)
I wish I were a little less of a coward
(Am)
but the big red bird that lives under the city
doesn t give a damn about me and it dies every night.
So I bought a knife.
I am a knife.
