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When Did I Get So Afraid?

from 52 in 2012 by The Battling Frogs

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I'M NOT A PRODUCT, I'M A REACTION.

A song about my childhood, and not wanting to be squashed.

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What happened to my endless mind
When did ideas get so hard to find
When did I get so afraid,
Afraid to hate, afraid to say what I think

Afraid, afraid to dream
Afraid to sing, afraid to scream
Afraid of doing all I can
Afraid of drawing big mad plans

CHORUS
'Cause long ago
When I was a child
I'd spew universes
In the blink of an eye
'Cause long ago
When I was a child
I was free from the bonds
Of what other people think

The world has changed me in and out
This is true with out a doubt
But now it's time
For my revenge

Fitting in has no attraction
I'm not a product, I'm a reaction
And there's some things
I must mend

CHORUS

I was 14 years old about to crack
The final straw broke the camel's
They'd poured me into a mould
And they wanted me set

But I said NO
And I grabbed my ukulele
And I played until I tore a gash
Through my own skin
I said NO
And I grabbed my ukulele
And the gash opened up so wide
They could all see in.

CHORUS

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from 52 in 2012, track released January 14, 2011

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The Battling Frogs Hampshire, UK

Songwriter, philosopher, worrier, friend, lover, genderpunk, worrier. Likes cheese far too much.

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