I Told You That I Was Afraid

I told you that I was afraid

That I would have a bad trip, fall asleep, and never wake

They told me back at school that it would happen

I believed it till I didn't

I told you that I was afraid

Of stating my opinion in a clear and honest way

They told me in my youth it wasn't needed

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Everyone agreed it

I don't know what I'm getting up for

I don't know what I'm getting up for

I'm not getting taller anymore

So when I fall, it's always the same distance as before

You'd think that I'd learn to anticipate it

By the millionth time I ate it

I told you that I wasn't scared

That even if I fractured every bone, I didn't care

I never told a lie so confidently

But you let me down so gently

The concrete barely bent me

I don't know what I'm getting up for

I don't know, I don't know

I don't know what I'm getting up for

One more year, then I'll look at the score

I don't know, I don't know

I don't know what I'm getting up for

Kindly tell me a lie

Will you look me in the eye and say

"It'll all be alright in the end?"

Kindly tell me a lie

Will you cross your heart and hope to die?

It'll all be alright in the end

Kindly tell me a lie

Will you look me in the eye and say

"It'll all be alright in the end?"

Kindly tell me a lie

Will you cross your heart and hope to die?

Cross your heart and hope to die

Cross your heart and hope to die

I told you that I was afraid

That everyone around holds me in some secret disdain

That I was held a fool so far deluded

You told me that was stupid

But could never really prove it

I don't know what I'm getting up for

I don't know, I don't know

I don't know what I'm getting up for

One more year then I'll look at the score

I don't know, I don't know

I don't know what I'm getting up for

I don't know what I'm getting up for

I told you that I was afraid

I don't know what I'm getting up for

I told you that I was afraid

One more year then I'll look at the score

I don't know what I'm getting up for