The only thing we have to fear lyrics

(Intro - Sam Vance-Law)

Or when stories were told by the fire at night which made one's flesh creep,

The listeners sometimes said "Oh, that makes me shudder."

The youngest son would sit in a corner and listen with the others,

But he could not imagine what they meant.

"They are always saying 'It makes me shudder, it makes me shudder'.

It does not make me shudder. That too must be a skill that I do not understand."

The older brother laughed when he heard that and thought to himself

"Dear God, what a dimwit that brother of mine is.

Nothing will come of him as long as he lives.

He, who wants to be a sickle must bend himself at times."

The father sighed and answered him:

"You may well learn what it is to shudder, but you will not earn your bread by that".

Soon afterwards the...

(Verse 1 - Konstantin Gropper)

I don't think I can relax here anyway

With Nazi bitches speaking in my hood

Raging, scaring people into loving soil

That's still so drenched in blood it's a swamp

(Chorus - Konstantin Gropper)

Then I started running

From I don't know what

Afraid of falling

Too scared to stop

(Verse 2 - Konstantin Gropper)

Crippled by a kid's disease at thirty-five

Unveiled the truth about man, about the world

Then lifted the depression of America

It's been manic ever since, fear yourself!

(Chorus - Konstantin Gropper)

Then I started running

From I don't know what

Afraid of falling

Too scared to stop