++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Made for the Lyric Lab's Contest of Fear: Don Nyx's Contest of FEAR The Things We Fear In the spirit of October, the Greatest Month of the Year, the theme of this month's song contest is... FEAR. A genre you FEAR to work in... and lyrics about a subject that absolutely TERRIFIES you! Some Rules: No Politickin' No Proselytizin' No Personal Attacks Try not to make 10+ minute song, people have lives, UNLESS the song absolutely requires it. Submitted By All Hallows Eve. https://gooddocstudio.com/listening.html?party=133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You weren't the talkative sort of man But when the Bears played in the afternoon You’d explain how it's the ref's fault till I could chew them out with you A union man, you were sent home to heal, still dressing for your shift You swore you didn’t need the time The fire left its waxy imprint I still answer to your name I know what you’d have said, But I can’t hear you saying it just quiet words inside my head You were a whole damn person, not these pieces I rehearse Some nights, when I remember you, it’s like you never were I move my plans from phone to phone I move my plans from phone to phone The dates are all that’s changed I used to say I had the time Now I just act my age I keep saying I could do it if I ever really tried. It’s a fine thing to believe in It’s a fine cage in which to hide I still answer to your name I know what you’d have said, But I can’t hear you saying it just quiet words inside my head You were a whole damn person, not these pieces I rehearse Some nights, when I remember you, it’s like you never were I can still hear my old man talking even if I have to cheat I don’t know how to hold a sound or what my mind will keep. And what’ll they remember if I keep living like this— a list of things I meant to do and nothing much to miss? I still answer to your name. What will they hear in mine? Another year of meaning to. Another year of “I’m fine.” Will they have a whole damn person, or some things I meant to do? I’m scared I’ll leave them searching the way I search for you. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ © 2026 The Badfatler All rights reserved.
