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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
First Aid Kit
Performer
Klara Söderberg
Vocals
Ola Hultgren
Percussion
Johanna Söderberg
Vocals
Benkt Söderberg
Bass
Anna Dager
Cello
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Peter Buck
Composer
Mike Mills
Composer
Michael Stipe
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
First Aid Kit
Producer
Benkt Söderberg
Producer
Dag Lundqvist
Producer
Mike Mogis
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
As the sun comes up, as the moon goes down
These heavy notions creep around
It makes me think, long ago
I was brought into this life a little lamb
A little lamb
Courageous, stumbling
Fearless was my middle name
But somewhere there I lost my way
Everyone walks the same
Expecting me to step
The narrow path they've laid
They claim to
Walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
Hold me, love me or leave me high
Say keep within the boundaries if you want to play
Say contradiction only makes it harder
How can I be
What I want to be?
When all I want to do is strip away
These stilled constraints
And crush this charade
Shred this sad masquerade
I don't need no persuading
I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
Hold me, love me or leave me high
If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go
I just want to hold my head up high
I don't care what I have to step over
I'm prepared to look you in the eye
Look me in the eye
And if you see familiarity
Then celebrate the contradiction
Help me when I fall to
Walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
Hold my love or leave me high
I will walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
Hold me, love me or leave me high
Writer(s): Peter Lawrence Buck, Michael Stipe, Michael E. Mills
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