[Intro]
C
I'm afraid of the way I live my life.
Am
I'm afraid of the way I don't.
F G C
I'm afraid of the things I want to do but I won't.
C
I'm afraid of God.
A
I'm afraid to believe and I'm afraid of all the loved ones that I've made leave.
F G C
I'm afraid that my dog doesn't love me anymore.
[Verse 1]
C Am
I'm afraid of the social laziness that let Kitty Genovese die.
F G C
And I'm afraid of the mob mentality that makes otherwise normal people go blind.
C Am
I'm afraid of the way that the world works and I'm afraid of the words in my notebooks.
F G C
I'm afraid that you all know that I am a pervert.
[Chorus 1]
F G
But the big red bird that lives under the city
Am C F
doesn't give a damn about me and it dies every night.
Dm
By burning alive.
[Verse 2]
C
I'm afraid of my grandfathers cancer.
Am
And I'm afraid of my mom's dying arm.
F G C
I'm afraid that I've somehow caused my family harm.
C Am
I'm afraid that the ones I love won't have enough.
F G Am
I'm afraid that the ones I love won't have enough.
[Bridge]
F G Am
It's harder to be yourself than it is to be anybody else.
F G Am F
I wish I were a little less of a coward but the big red bird that lives under
G
the city
Am F
doesn't give a damn about me and it dies every night.
Dm
So I bought a knife.
C
I Am A knife.
[Outro]
Am F G C
