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Is Anyone Else Afraid?

from Axioms by KOHNS

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"Is Anyone Else Afraid?" was written on Red Sands beach in Maui on the cusp of the biggest changes in my life. It's a pleading anthem born out of the desire to become accepting of the ever changing winds of life.

P.S. I decided to leave the F@#& word in the song because the use is not be vulgar or to be offensive but only to show the extremity of the situation. I felt as if "It" was and is truly and utterly broken. And I wanted to use the only English word that packs a punch to describe the length and depth of my feelings. Feelings aren't alway pretty and therefore neither are the words that are used to describe them.

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When the wind rolls in you've got a way of staying cool
And I don't know you and you don't know me
And this is causing us to see
Pennies on the beach and I've got three
I've got this open cut on my knee
And you seem to care and that seems refreshing
But I don't dare
To be

To be the man I was
To be afraid dust
To be afraid of love
To crucify the lust

Is Anyone else afraid?
Or should I take this to my grave?
And be

Oh, I know you can't trust the shouters
It's giving them their power
Power of fear
But I want truth
I want to stand and thank the youth
Not for the love of the fame
But for the hatred of the game

Why don't you hear us, why don't you believe us?
We've got the boldest souls of the nation
And yet we're still afraid of losing all the fame
Or should we cope out for the game
And live our lives in solitude
Hiding in our rooms

Oh, is anyone else afraid?
Or should I take this to my grave
And be

Be the man I was
Be afraid of dust
Be afraid of love
Crucify the lust
Let the rust set in
Wipe off the grin
Think of all your kin
And who you wish you'd been

Well I think it's fucked
That's what I think
I just want to tell you all these things that I know now
But I knew them then
I just wasn't ready to face the wind
But now I'm ready
I'm ready to face the wind
Oh Dad I'm ready!
I'm ready to face the wind
Not gonna save face to win
Oh, I'm gonna face the wind....

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from Axioms, track released January 14, 2015
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