fear of rejection, my old friend,
we haven’t seen each other
for quite a while now.
it’s been a few years eh?
but why does it feel like
it’s been forever?
and why, my life with you,
why can’t i remember?

and now you’re back,
indeed you’re back and with a vengeance,
ready to strike, ready to pounce,
oh bloody hell, why don’t you?
why don’t you just strike me now?

coz you see i haven’t woken
from this hopeful trance
that’s threatening to dissolve
whatever minute semblance
of sanity i currently hold.

fear of rejection, why can’t you just
cancel the blasted stubborness
of this hopeful, woeful heart
that still believes?
why can’t you just extinguish
the hope for a love that had
suddenly turned unrequited?

fear of rejection, you do threaten
to come back to me, so why don’t you?
snuff out the embers and
let the cold winds blow.
come be with me,
at least i know you’ll never let me go.

i know you’ll never let me go.