Afraid This Time [1999 Demo]

[Refrain] Even if you want You can't touch me now Leave me if you want You can't hurt me now (I'm afraid, I'm afraid) [Verse 1] Build them up (High and strong so you'll never have to hurt too long) Put them up ('Til they surround and there's no real you left to be found) Hold it up (High above, no fear of hope or trust or love) Close it up (And hold your ground and wait until it's time to finally close it down) [Refrain] Even if you want You can't touch me now Leave me if you want You can't hurt me now (I'm afraid, I'm afraid) (I'm afraid) [Pre-Chorus] This isn't easy to admit I don't think I'm believing it [Chorus] I'm afraid this time (Ooh-ooh) I'm afraid this time (Ooh-ooh) [Verse 2] Build them up (So you'll never have to hurt too long) Put them up (There's no real you left to be found) Hold it up (No fear of hope or trust or love) Close it up (Wait until it's time to finally close it down) [Bridge 1] I'm not afraid (We don't believe in you) I'm not afraid (We don't believe in you) I'm not afraid (We don't believe in you) I'm not afraid (Hahaha, we don't believe in you) I'm not afraid (We don't believe in you!) I'm not afraid (We don't believe in you!) I'm not afraid (We don't believe in you!) I'm not afraid (We don't believe in you!) (We don't believe in you! We don't believe in you!) [Bridge 2] (Right here) (Right now) (I need to) (Leave it) (I need to) (Hahaha, hahaha) [Final Chorus + Refrain] I'm not afraid this time I'm not afraid this time (Even if you want, you can't touch me now) (Leave me if you want, you can't hurt me now) I'm not afraid (Even if you want, you can't touch me now) (Leave me if you want, you can't hurt me now) Even if you want, you can't touch me now Leave me if you want, you can't hurt me now (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) I'm not afraid this time (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) I'm not afraid this time (Even if you want, you can't touch me now) I'm not afraid this time (Leave me if you want, you can't hurt me now) I'm not afraid (Even if you want, you can't touch me now) (Ah, yeah) (Leave me if you want, you can't hurt me now) [Outro] This isn't easy to admit but I don't think I'm believing it This isn't easy to admit but I don't think I'm believing it This isn't easy to admit but I don't think I'm believing it This isn't easy to admit but I don't think I'm believing it This isn't easy to admit but I don't think I'm believing it This isn't easy to admit but I don't think I'm believing it This isn't easy to admi- (Afraid, afraid, afraid, afraid, afraid, afraid) (Afraid, afraid, afraid, afraid, afraid, afraid)