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The Shape Of Fear Lyrics
All this concern over these cards overturned
The cold light shows too much
Bruise-colored blood who's getting to rush
Smoke made it clear
Holding in the worst
Gives shape to the fear
As they sang along, the chorus and verse
The shake of the shame
But it hangs around your name
For the first time you're afraid
And you take what they left
Choke on their success
But you're nothing anyway
The way I mistook
How an overbite might look
Like a smile on the face of a girl
And the way she's hating the world
Strength in the arms
Pulling empty hall alarms
But nobody heard
In a room where they wait and rehearse
The shake of the shame
But it hangs around your name
For the first time you're afraid
And you take what they left
Choke on their success
But you're nothing anyway
It's getting too much
The bruise-colored blood was beginning to rush
The shake of the shame
But it hangs around your name
For the first time you're afraid
And you take what they left
Choke on their success
But you're nothing anyway
The cold light shows too much
Bruise-colored blood who's getting to rush
Holding in the worst
Gives shape to the fear
As they sang along, the chorus and verse
But it hangs around your name
For the first time you're afraid
And you take what they left
Choke on their success
But you're nothing anyway
How an overbite might look
Like a smile on the face of a girl
And the way she's hating the world
Pulling empty hall alarms
But nobody heard
In a room where they wait and rehearse
But it hangs around your name
For the first time you're afraid
And you take what they left
Choke on their success
But you're nothing anyway
The bruise-colored blood was beginning to rush
But it hangs around your name
For the first time you're afraid
And you take what they left
Choke on their success
But you're nothing anyway
this is one of my absolute favorite songs. they were such a great band.
i'm surprised to see only one comment. shape of fear has to be my favorite knapsack song. to me it seems like he's talking about someone who is so afraid of failing that they will do anything to stand out, and when they get found out everything falls apart.
"And you take what they left Choke on their success But you're nothing anyway"
Yeah, man, only two comments on one of the greatst songs of all time? A grave injustice.
I found Knapsack out of nowhere really, just one of those bands. No one told me about them, I kinda just downloaded a song, loved it and kept going. This is reminds me of good times, along with alot of their other stuff.