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Artist: The Basics
Canonical path: /the-basics/fear-of-failure
Related lyric paths: 6
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Fear Of Failure
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Fear Of Failure
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Pictures of places
Memories of faces
Lost on me
I see you running
and I wonder how long 'til you
Find your feet
I think you know
What I'm thinkin'
I know you feel it too
All the pressure
In the moment
When you have to choose
Oh, you can bide your time
For the rest of your life
Keep your options open
So you don't have to decide
Are you waiting for excuses to materialize
Or is it fear of failure
Everyone changes
Workin' our way through these fallen leaves
While the branches are breaking
Can't help mistaking if I rest for the trees
I know there's no one
Bad decision
This just can't go on
Stumblin' blind
Oh, you can bide your time
For the rest of your life
Keep your options open
So you don't have to decide
Are you waiting for excuses to materialize
Or is it fear of failure
So you keep treading the same ground
Forgetting that you found
The faith you need
You say your future's in limbo
With your head
In the clouds
Don't look down
I am holding you up
With my feet
On the ground
We can make sense of the pictures, places,
memories, faces that we lost on the way
Well, you can bide your time
For the rest of your life
Keep your options open
So you don't have to decide
Are you waiting for excuses to materialize
Well, you can bide your time
For the rest of your life
Keep your options open
So you don't have to decide
Are you waiting for excuses to materialize
Or is it fear of failure
Or is it fear of failure
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