The taste of my fear was in every new meal
So familiar to me and always seemed real
It dulled all the colours and robbed all the shine
It hid in the shadows but stole every line
It deadened the heartbeat of every new zeal
And killed all the joy I ever dared feel
It rattled the cages and closed a dark drape,
Though the door was swung open, I dared not escape
It drowned out the noise of the true voice within
And broadcast a white noise of static and din
So I wouldn’t know them or tell them apart
From longings and yearnings that came from the heart
It reasoned and teased all the magic away
And replaced it with facts and with fiction all day
It needed an answer but left me with none
It told me I couldn’t, yet demanded it done
It gave no direction and gave me no choice
It didn’t like anywhere it couldn’t make noise
It made it the master and me the poor slave,
It would have followed me up to the grave
So I shake its hand now and say “hey good game”
I know you just wanted to help all the same
I know this is all that you know how to do,
Your job is fulfilled, I’m scared and that’s true
But please step aside now and just go to sleep
We’ll be here a while and there’s no need to freak
I’ll take a turn now, to sit at the wheel,
There’s so much new stuff here to do and to feel
You have no directions, you just drive around
And every trip ends in a new lost and found
It’s my turn to drive, so hold on tight, fear,
It might be a real bumpy ride while I steer
I know this may feel very scary and strange
But at least we can go somewhere new for a change.