[Intro] Everything you dread Everything you fear Was always me [Verse 1] Before you had a word for dark I was already the mark Not a curse, not a plague Just the tremor you can't cage Every shadow that moved too slow Every silence you didn't know I don't hate you, don't need a war You've known me since before [Pre-Chorus] You can't outrun me Can't wish me away Every fear that you've buried Is growing each day Growing to stay [Chorus] I am the fear Older than the first scream Realer than any dream I am the fear In your silence, in your sleep The thing you can't help but keep I am the fear [Verse 2] The cold that crawls up your spine Was old when the stars first aligned I don't scheme, I don't chase I just open the door in your face You call it panic, call it dread I call it the truth in your head I don't need to lift a hand You do the breaking — understand [Verse 3] Kingdoms kneel and kingdoms fall I've watched the rise, I've watched it all You're not a war, not a fight to win Just a door I wander in I don't chase what's already caught I don't need the fear I've not bought Every breath you spend on hate Just brings you closer to your fate [Pre-Chorus] You can't outrun me Can't wish me away Every fear that you've buried Is growing each day Growing to stay [Chorus] I am the fear Older than the first scream Realer than any dream I am the fear In your silence, in your sleep The thing you can't help but keep I am the fear [Bridge] You're not my enemy, just a bug Beneath my heel, beneath my shrug I don't need armies, don't need a crown I don't have to burn a thing down I don't chase, I don't beg I just wait while your courage bends Straight into the dark you swore you'd outrun Straight into me — when it's done [Final Chorus] I am the fear Older than the first scream Realer than any dream I am the fear In your silence, in your sleep The thing you can't help but keep I am the fear I was always the fear
