Fear

I smell the fear that reigns inside

The thought of children who must oblige

To tainted dreams and polluted seas

The missing moon and melting trees

A mist of doom and clouds of pain

Toxic waste and acid rain

The passing of our ignorance

A lifetime spent in abstinence

Of living in fear

Living in fear

I can't tell you no lies

Living in fear

Living in fear

Conditioned to hate and then to blame

Their search for God is just the same

Machines for hearts, how warped a view

Forgetting that they're human too

Waiting like a branded steer

Who first will launch the burning spear

When every day may be your last

I think we'd learn from our past

Living in fear

Living in fear

I can't tell you no lies

Living in fear

Living in fear

Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah

I smell the fear that reigns inside

The thought of so many lives denied

More wounded soldiers, another burning flag

And rows and rows of body bags

No time for tears as the night falls cold

The days survivors crawl back in their holes

As for the rest they're shipped back home

Home to the rows of white tombstones

Living in fear

Living in fear

I can't tell you no, I tell you no lies, yeah yeah

Fear

Living in fear

Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah