Walk Unafraid – R.E.M.
As the sun comes up, as the moon goes down
These heavy notion creep around
It makes me think
Long ago I was brought into this life a little lamb
A little lamb
Courageous, stumbling
Fearless was my middle name.
But somewhere there I lost my way
Everyone walks the same expecting me to step
The narrowpath they’ve laid
They claim to walk unafriad
I’ll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me high.
Say “Keep withing the boundaries if you want to play.”
Say “Contradiction only makes it harder.”
How can I be what I want to be?
When all I want to do is strip away these stilled constraints
And crush this charage shred this sad masquerade
I don’t need no persuading
I’ll trip, fall, pick myself up and walk unafraid
I’ll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me high.
If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go
I just want to hold my head up high
I don’t care what I have to step over
I’m prepared to look you in the eye
Look me in the eye and if you see familiarity
Then celebrate the contradiction
Help me when I fall to walk unafraid
I’ll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me high.
Walk unafraid
I’ll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me high.
