Ian Brown – F.E.A.R.

For each a road
For every man a religion
Find everybody and rule
Everything and rumble
Forget everything and remember
For everything a reason
Forgive everybody and remember

For each a road
For every man a religion
Face everybody and rule
Everything and rumble
Forget everything and remember
For everything a reason

F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R.

Final eternity arouses reactions
Freeing excellence affects reality
Fallen empires are ruling
Find earth and reap

Fantastic expectations
Amazing revelations
Final execution and resurrection
Free expression as revolution
Finding everything and realizing

You got the fear
You got the fear
You got the fear
You got the fear
You got the fear
F.E.A.R. (you got the fear)
F.E.A.R. (you got the fear)
F.E.A.R. (you got the fear)
F.E.A.R. (you got the fear)

F.E.A.R. (you got the fear) (fantastic expectations)
F.E.A.R. (you got the fear)
F.E.A.R. (you got the fear) (amazing revelations
F.E.A.R. (you got the fear)
F.E.A.R. (you got the fear) (finding everything and realizing
F.E.A.R. (you got the fear)
F.E.A.R. (you got the fear) (for everything a reason)
F.E.A.R. (you got the fear)

You got the fear
You got the fear
You got the fear
You got the fear


Lyrics submitted by smellycat, edited by tripleoj33

"F.E.A.R." as written by Dave Mccracken Ian Brown

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  • +3
    General CommentGreat video too. He's never looked more monkey like.
    Kaguthon December 19, 2005   Link
  • +2
    General CommentI get the distinct impression that this song's actually about fear... You can tell by the way fear's emphasised and repeated ;)
    drunkon December 23, 2007   Link
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  • +1
    General CommentI personally think this song is about standing up for what you believe in.

    Every F.E.A.R. anagram is something that he believes in or thinks that people should do, and he's voicing it all in one song. "The fear" is the fear of people judging you for what you believe, in which case you don't stand up for it.

    examples: Final execution and resurrection. Free expression as revolution. For everyman a religion. For everything a reason.

    I know many of you will think I'm wrong on this but this is what I like to believe.
    GOSHADEZon August 29, 2009   Link
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  • +1
    My InterpretationThe refrain “F.E.A.R (you’ve got the fear)” seems out of keeping with the verses. The verses talk of finding freedom and the resulting consequences: creativity, realisation, revolution, yet the refrain insists you have the fear, why should that be so?

    These “positive” consequences of freedom have their basis in more “negative” forms: you cannot create without first being empty; you cannot realise without having previously not realised (which can create a despair at time lost and for others who are still where you were); you cannot bring revolution without destroying what came before, even if this is your own ignorance - it may have been a comfortable place from which it would be scary to overturn.

    Ultimately, this new found beautiful thing also brings an overwhelming fear - fear without an object, free-floating fear, a vertiginous fear, like looking over the precipice into the infinite void of possibility. Don’t fall in! :)
    freak_windon November 19, 2018   Link
  • 0
    General CommentClever use of the word "Fear"! This song didn't take me until I heard it live. Ian Brown gives something to the song that it lacks when heard on TV.
    Mainstreeton July 14, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General CommentI wasn't particularly impressed by it until I saw the video clip. Sometimes it takes a really clever clip to get me to realise how good a song is. And this is definitely one of them.
    gdson March 07, 2003   Link
  • 0
    General CommentF**K everything and Rumble - by the way...

    Everybody gets the fear at some point, its all about staying cool at the right time
    smithdownon June 21, 2003   Link
  • 0
    General CommentI first heard this song from the video clip where it plays reverse of a man riding a bicycle, displaying lyrics per line as they go, emphasizing on the letters, which they spell FEAR. Each line on this song speaks the truth about fear itself, such as "finding everything and realizing". I also find some of the lines to be encouraging such as "Fantastic expectations, amazing revelations". This song is so unique with its use of poetic analgram and is very inspiring to me.
    Litz_Awakeon December 17, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment'Poetic Analgram' eh. Sounds like a porno title. Seriously though Ian Brown has matured into prob the best lyricist of the past 10 years. Grittier than Thom Yorke but equally as good. For everything a reason! everyone should relate to that
    Matt Parryon December 22, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General CommentGenius song from a living legend....the main stone rose!

    Whatever became of Squire?

    The whole was greater than the sum of its parts he found!!!

    long live the king......monkey.
    alphamaleon April 16, 2005   Link

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