Fear Not (Teardrop Suite)

Listen to Fear Not by Richard Charles Stevens (Teardrop Suite)

Listen to Teardrop by Massive Attack

I fear not
Appear not
The tools
To possess
Remiss not
In earshot
To cause and effect
Each teardrop
Sincere lot
Remorselessly bled
As I place down my slingshot
To pause and reflect
.
(Fear not)
Pause and reflect
Pause and reflect
(Fear not)
Pause and reflect
.
(Fear not)
Pause and reflect
Pause and reflect
(Fear not)
Pause and reflect
(Fear not)
Pause and reflect
.
All that once fretted
No more silhouetted
No part of my heart
Regards warmth
Disaffected
Forewarned and forearmed
Yet unharmed irrespective
For every scar scorned
Remarks form recollected
.
(Fear not)
(Fear not)
Pause and reflect
.
I fear not
Appear not
One clear shot
From bested
Awaiting no fate
That ain’t courageously contested
With power vested me to be the I denied to be and leave me not quite so defeatedly defected
(Fear not)
With power vested me to be the I denied to be and leave me not quite so defeatedly defected
.
All that regretted
Neglected address
Format corrected
Selectively refreshed
To best express collective stress
In but a breath or less
In death
A treasured friend to lend caress
(Fear not)
In life
Restored sight prized
From tether’s end
(Fear not)
Entwined
The eyes to empathise
To hint at where adventures lie
Break convention’s chains
And make pretend
.
All that imbedded
Should never have been sweated
As I ventured forth with verve compelled
When nerves had been well shredded
Sweating all the small things
(Sweating all the small things)
When all things bright and beautiful
(All things bright and beautiful)
Were dutiful to bettering address
Stalling for time
Not to fall into line
But to call time on the reckoning predestining regrets
Dressed to kill the will revealed to feel and never less
Bled the quill for it led no appeal to evanesce
(Fear not)
.
Turning back time but know which way I’m facing
Methodical madness inclined to embrace it
Who is to say that my years have been wasted
Had me a dream and at least I damn chased it
Taking the lead and extending the cable
Found me a wavelength and frequency stable
Frequently brave when I’m playing the table
Making a killing from willing and able
.
(Fear not)
(Fear not)
.
I fear not
Appear not
The tools
To possess
Remiss not
In earshot
To cause and effect
Each teardrop
Sincere lot
Remorselessly bled
As I place down my slingshot
To pause and reflect
.
I fear not
The end
Appear not
The tools
To possess
(I fear not
The end
Appear not
The tools
To possess)
Remiss not
In earshot
To cause and effect
.
Cause and effect
Cause and effect
Cause and effect
.
Each teardrop
Sincere lot
Thoughtfully bled
As I place down my slingshot
To pause and reflect
On the favour
To which I am sped
(Fear not)
By remaining days famed
Yet to dress
Yet to dress
.
(Fear not)
Fear not
(Fear not)
Fear not
Fear not the end
.
(Fear not)
(Fear not)
(Fear not)
.
(Fear not)
.
Fear not
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