C 
I'm afraid of the way I live my life. 
    Am 
I'm afraid of the way I don't. 
    F                      G                C 
I'm afraid of the things I want to do but I won't. 

    C 
I'm afraid of God. 
                              A 
I'm afraid to believe and I'm afraid of all the loved ones that I've made leave. 
    F                          G       C 
I'm afraid that my dog doesn't love me anymore. 

    C                                      Am 
I'm afraid of the social laziness that let Kitty Genovese die. 
        F                 G                    C 
And I'm afraid of the mob mentality that makes otherwise normal people go blind. 
    C                                              Am 
I'm afraid of the way that the world works and I'm afraid of the words in my notebooks. 
    F                        G           C 
I'm afraid that you all know that I am a pervert. 

                F                         G 
But the big red bird that lives under the city 
        Am          C                          F 
doesn't give a damn about me and it dies every night. 
           Dm 
By burning alive. 

    C 
I'm afraid of my grandfathers cancer. 
        Am 
And I'm afraid of my mom's dying arm. 
    F                        G                C 
I'm afraid that I've somehow caused my family harm. 

    C                                       Am 
I'm afraid that the ones I love won't have enough. 
    F                      G                Am 
I'm afraid that the ones I love won't have enough. 

     F            G                Am 
It's harder to be yourself than it is to be anybody else. 
F               G                Am                     F 
I wish I were a little less of a coward but the big red bird that lives under 
    G 
the city 
        Am                                     F 
doesn't give a damn about me and it dies every night. 
              Dm 
So I bought a knife. 
       C 
I Am A knife. 

Am F G C