Frightened

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Do you feel your mind closing, are you done with discovery? 
What’s the sense in searching for the truth? 
You fear that any answer would bruise your dignity 
So you’re spitting wrath, rallying your muse 

But no one really knows 

The coded words you hear say to run from your own shadow 
Nobody’s deserving of your trust 
Close your heart instead, keep the field fallow 
Only let your anger breach the dust 

‘Cause no one really knows 
No one really knows 
That you are just a frightened child, frightened child 
You are just a frightened child, frightened child 

No one really knows 
No one really knows 

So you feel your mind closing and forget the melody 
As the songs you used to sing become a noise 
The unachieved you dreamed of now haunts your memories 
The muse that you let in left you destroyed 

You are just a frightened child, frightened child 
You are just a frightened child, frightened child 
Oh you are just a frightened child, frightened child 
You are just a frightened child, frightened child

By Jason McGovern
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