I used to hate protagonists

Who run from everything that’s good for them

And sabotage the chance at something

that could end up being good for them

Now I watch love on movie screens

Unfold so fast so easily

I feel myself feel uneasy

Like is this really what they need?

When did I become

So afraid of love

So afraid of love

When did I become

How come, I stick around

when things, are going oh so wrong

And then I give up on myself

When I get what I’ve been pining for so long

How come I sit so comfortably

Up on a hill in a big white house

And still have a plan in place

To escape if one day, I need out

When did I become

So afraid of love

So afraid of love

When did I become

Will it all go south

Will it cut you loose

Will it burn down

what’s in front of you

Will it crush your spirit

Til it’s blue

And black and blue and black and blue

Will it make me someone

that I hate

Will it make me drink

My life away

Will it come down hard

Like springtime rain

When did I become

So afraid of love

So afraid of love

When did I become

When did I become

(when did I become)

So afraid of love

(afraid of love afraid of love afraid it’s screwing me up)

So afraid of love

(when did I become)

When did I become

(afraid of love afraid of love afraid it’s screwing me up)