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Fear Of the Blank Page

from Hymns of the Black Flag by Echo Park Orchestra

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8. Fear of the Blank Page

There is nothing to fear
But fear it self
And fear of the dust
On top of the shelf
Fear of the octopus
Fear of the shark
Fear of the monsters
That lurk in the dark
Fear of diphtheria
Fears for your health
Fear of bacteria
On parts of yourself
Fear of failure
Fear of age
But worst of all
The fear of the blank page

There is nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
Alone in the night
With two empty sides
The words in the lexicon
They never help
When looking for words
That might rhyme with 'kelp'
Songs about Mexicans
Seaweed and sand
But how to convince
The rest of the band?
Fear of achieving
Minimum wage
But worst of all...
The fear of the blank page

I can't get started
My mojo's gone
My muse long since departed
For a better job
At the slaughterhouse
In Babylon

There is nothing to say
It's all been said
I'm flogging a horse
That appears to be dead
Afraid that I might write
A couple of notes
That some other bastard
Has already wrote
Fear that my songs
Might sound somewhat the same
Fear of the major chords
Again and again
Fear that I missed
The Golden Age
But worst of all
Is the fear of the blank page

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from Hymns of the Black Flag, released September 10, 2011
Steve Hogg: vocals
José Toral: acoustic guitar
Matthew Wood: accordion
Jane Collins: flute
David Pagett: clarinet, bass clarinet
Pete Judge: trumpet, flugelhorn
Laura Tanner: French horn
Francisco Perez Llorent: alto sax
Imogen Triner: oboe, cor anglais
Peter Ridsdale: toy piano
Roshan Wijetunge: contrabass
Andy Roger: drumkit
Myke Vince: ganzero, guiro, triangles, tongue drums
James Tappern (11th Hussars): trumpet from Tutankamun’s tomb (1939)

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