We're About 9 - A Beautiful Fear lyrics

by Brian Gundersdorf String arrangement by Valencio Jackson Conducted by Pat Klink Featuring: Nikia Yung Sayre on violin Stephanie Reissner on violin Jackie Capecci on viola Matthew Carroll on ba** Write it all down the afternoon beer the bread and the egg the tuna I seared Did I stay up late? my childhood bedtime still resonates in the joints of my spine the drawings I made the lunches I paid and all the things I didn't do cause I was afraid grinding my teeth the doctor says that's just the way you deal with your stress Write it all down every fear this is what brought me here make it all work the pa**ion the pain the throwaway lines and the constant refrain Write it all down the sunburn I got falling asleep on the slide at the tot lot Every grade the groundwork I laid my beds never made I've never prayed we've all made mistakes as our strength is tested some go unnoticed some get us arrested when you call home there's no easy way it turns out there are some things you should never say Write it all down every fear this is what brought me here it isn't all good it just isn't clear which ways I should and shouldn't have steered so when I'm thirty-five and I've made a good life will I lie awake And if I had gone to the conservatory will the lessons I learned do magic for me? when I sing this song would it soar without flaw? would I find these words? would that sk** be gone? There's always a form a war and a piece a dominant chord a tension and a release Write it all down every fear this is what brought me here now I laugh in the dark and I own and respect everything I've survived in retrospect, we're about 9 and the monsters appear and we lie awake with a beautiful fear