the fear is not real – English Lyrics

• By: WILLOW
• Album: empathogen

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

The fear isn't real

The battle's not mine

No, I don't have or am had by anyone

Ooh-ooh

The fear isn't real

The battle's not mine

And no, I don't have or am had by anyone

To be the prey

To be the hunter

To be the child

To be the mother

To be the prey

To be the hunter

To be child

Before the mother

Ooh, ah-ah

Ah-ah, ah-ooh

Ah-ah, ah-ah

Ah-ah, ah-ooh

In the silence

I can hear inside my mind

In the silence

I can't wear my disguise

In the silence

In the silence ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

In the silence

I can hear inside my mind

In the silence

I don't know what I'll find

In the silence

In the silence ah-ooh, ooh-ooh

Don't really wanna feel the freedom

'Cause the parts of me I can't see, they

Wanna come out and fuel the fire

I don't wonder why, uh

Never wanna let me fall to pieces

But it's funny 'cause I think I need it

Ah-ooh (ah, ah)

Don't really wanna (ah, ah)

But I think I need to feel the freedom

Don't really wanna (ah, ah)

But I think I need to fall to pieces

Don't really wanna (ah, ah)

But it's funny 'cause I think I need it ooh, ooh

To be the prey (ah, don't really wanna)

To be the hunter (ah, ah, but I think I need to feel the freedom)

To be the child (don't really wanna)

To be the mother (ah, ah, but I think I need to fall to pieces)

To be the prey (don't really wanna)

To be the hunter (ah, ah, but it's funny 'cause I think I need it)

To be the child

Before the mother (oh, ooh)

In the silence

I can hear inside my mind

In the silence

I can't wear my disguise

In the silence

In the silence ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

In the silence

I can hear inside my mind

In the silence

I don't know what I'll find

In the silence

In the silence ah-ooh, ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

The fear is not real

The battle's not mine

Oh-oh, ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

The fear isn't real

The battle's not mine, oh

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Key Grammar Structures

• The fear isn't real

  ➔ Negative present simple with contraction (isn't = is not)

  ➔ The word "isn't" is the contracted form of "is not", used to negate the linking verb.

• The battle's not mine

  ➔ Negative present simple with contraction (’s = is) and possessive pronoun

  ➔ "battle's" is the contraction of "battle is"; "not" negates the verb and "mine" is a possessive pronoun.

• I can hear inside my mind

  ➔ Modal verb "can" + bare infinitive (hear)

  ➔ "can" expresses ability; it is followed directly by the base verb "hear" without "to".

• I can't wear my disguise

  ➔ Negative modal verb "can't" (cannot) + bare infinitive

  ➔ "can't" is the contracted negative of "cannot"; it negates the ability to "wear" the disguise.

• I don't know what I'll find

  ➔ Negative present simple "don't" + verb + future with "will" + infinitive

  ➔ "don't" negates "know"; "I'll" is the contraction of "I will", introducing a future action "find".

• Don't really wanna feel the freedom

  ➔ Colloquial "wanna" = "want to" + infinitive; imperative negative "Don't"

  ➔ "Don't" is the negative imperative; "wanna" is the informal contraction of "want to" followed by the infinitive "feel".

• But it's funny 'cause I think I need it

  ➔ Contraction "it's" = "it is"; informal causal conjunction "'cause" = "because"; reporting verb "think" + that‑clause omitted

  ➔ "it's" contracts "it is"; "'cause" stands for "because"; after "think" the clause "that I need it" is understood but not spoken.

• I think I need to fall to pieces

  ➔ Verb of cognition "think" + infinitive clause "need to" + base verb "fall"

  ➔ "think" introduces a reported thought; the infinitive "need to" expresses necessity, followed by the base verb "fall".

• The fear is not real

  ➔ Simple present affirmative with linking verb "is" + adjective complement "real"

  ➔ "is" links the subject "the fear" to the adjective "real", forming a subject‑predicate structure.