CREDITS
Written by Ben Grace & Karyn Thurston
Produced by Ben Grace & Paul Demer
Drum performance & recording: Paul Eckberg
Guitars, Bass & additional recording: Paul Demer
Backing vocals: Paul Demer & Trisha McNeill
Vocals, piano, keyboards & programming: Ben Grace
Vocals & piano recorded by Ben Moore at Singing Serpent San Diego
Mix & Master: Chris Bethea
LYRICS
Should you try to tell yourself
I’m gonna leave you
If the fear you carry’s
Inclined to believe you
When the ghosts of older stories
Upend and deceive you
Hold on
When the miles are much too hard
And roads are too long
If my face in your mind
Is an unfinished song
And you’re sure that the right
is all heading for wrong...
Hold on
Hold on
Won’t you write the fear a lullaby
Remind her it’s okay to cry
And find me in the folds of your desire
Tell the worries in your way
To try again another day
Shut up and love me til they all expire
Coz I’m not done with you yet
And this weight around my neck
Is nothing but a make-believe goodbye
So write the fear a lullaby
Should the shadows in your memory undo you
If the edges of the truth blur and elude you
When the corners of the future try and tear a hole right through you
Hold on
Hold on
Won’t you write the fear a lullaby
Remind her it’s okay to cry
And find me in the folds of your desire
Tell the worries in your way
To try again another day
Shut up and love me til they all retire
Coz I’m not done with you yet
And this weight around my neck
Is nothing but a make-believe goodbye
So write the fear a lullaby.
You tell her a story, I’ll sing her a tune
As if words could heal the wounds
I’ll tell her a story, you sing her a tune
As if words could heal the wounds
As if words could heal the wounds
And we’ll write the fear a lullaby
Remind her it’s okay to cry
And find me in the folds of your desire
Tell the worries in your way
To try again another day
Shut up and love me til they all get tired
Coz I’m not done with you yet
And this weight around my neck
Is nothing but a make-believe goodbye
So write the fear a lullaby
OTHER PODCAST appearances
FUTURE OBSESSION
Talking about the album, art, activism, and releasing music in the age of Covid
“I made my partner listen to ‘Write the
Fear A Lullaby’ saying “You know how we’ve unpacked that fear and those trust issues over and over? Here it is in a song”.
It was another step in healing those wounds for me - the words might just heal them!”
Here's the story behind the eighth song on the album "Write the Fear a Lullaby" featuring conversation with Karyn Thurston & a cameo from Paul Demer.