Fear
FEiN 2017: cutting into friends, golden door disgust: not afraid of you, terrified of your friends; fear is all I understand.
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ISRC TCACX1779781 (soundexchange)
FEiN single (2017, ℗ Tiny Giant), co-written by Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Michael Woodward. Mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato. Post-Little Homes 2017 cluster with LOVED, It’s Alright, P.A.R.T.S., and All Mine.
The hook is a paradox: I’m not afraid of you / I’m terrified of your friends. Not the person, the network. Fear is the only fluency anyone has left here (fear is all I understand, stacked to a mantra), and the stretched cle-ea-ea-ea never resolves into a word.
The second verse pulls the title into immigration myth: put my hand on the golden door / native looks of disgust, the Statue of Liberty tableau turned hostile, the body pulled taut to expel it. Same register as American Man and LOVED, except here fear itself is the American product being sold back to you. It pairs with later Liminal (fear is not enough) and Stupid Forever.
Written by Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Michael Woodward (FEiN). Produced and recorded at Tiny Giant Recording. Mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato.
Lyrics
Cuttin' into my friends Coloring all the walls with them Gather all that I can Gather all that remains after the fall Ooh, get your dirty hands up Who're you to lay a hand on them Ooh, get your dirty hands up Who're you to lay a hand on them I'm not afraid of you It's only human to fear your cle-ea-ea-ea Oh, I'm not afraid of you I'm terrified of your friends and Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Cut my way to the shore Put my hand on the golden door Native looks of disgust Pull it taught as they can to get me goin' Ooh, get your dirty hands up Who're you to lay a hand on them Ooh, get your dirty hands up Who're you to lay a hand on them I'm not afraid of you It's only human to fear your cle-ea-ea-ea Oh, I'm not afraid of you I'm terrified of your friends and Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Ooh, get your dirty hands up Who're you to lay a hand on them Ooh, get your dirty hands up Who're you to lay a hand on them Ooh, get your dirty hands up Who're you to lay a hand on them Ooh, get your dirty hands up Who're you to lay a hand on them Oh, I'm not afraid of you It's only human to fear your cle-ea-ea-ea Oh, I'm not afraid of you I'm terrified of your friends and Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand Fear is all I understand