Fear the Fear

by Siv Jakobsen

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“Fear the fear was born from a spiralling worry that I wouldn’t be able to create well if I was well, happy, content with myself and my life. It touches on my tendency to hang out in my own head and stay there, worrying about something in a constant, stressful loop. Fear is a big element in my general state of being, and I’m often run by it. Once I’d had the thought that perhaps my good songs would be behind me if I was in a truly happy place I couldn’t get away from it for a long time. This song helped me get that spiralling fearfulness out of my system.”

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I lie in bed at night
Terrified of tomorrows light
I fear the ghost under the bed

Imagining it’s shape
I let it seal my fate
I let it live inside my head

But shake it off I can’t, I won’t
Cause what would I write about if I don’t
Fear the fear inside my bones

I form a knot of stress
It is a god damn mess
I fear the rest in happiness

I place upon my chest
A rigid heaviness
So I may moan about it’s weight

But shake it off I can’t, I won’t
Cause what would I write about if I don’t
Shake it off I can’t, I won’t
Cause what would I write about
What would I write about
And what would I be about if I don’t fear the fear inside my bones

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released January 23, 2020

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