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Neko Case – Things That Scare Me (2002) | Track profile | Dork

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Things That Scare Me

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Things That Scare Me

Release date: 20th August 2002

From Blacklisted

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About This Track

"Things That Scare Me" is a track by Neko Case, from the album Blacklisted , released 20th August 2002. Full lyrics are available below.

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Neko Case

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Lyrics

Things That Scare Me

[Verse 1]

Fluorescent lights engage blackbirds frying on a wire

Same birds that followed me to school when I was young

Were they trying to tell me something?

Were they telling me to run?

[Verse 2]

The hammer clicks in place

The world's gonna pay

Right down in the face of God and his saints

Claim your soul's not for sale

I'm a dying breed who still believes

Hunted by American dreams

Hunted by American dreams

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Track details

From Blacklisted

2002

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2002

—Lady Pilot
—I Missed the Point
—Ghost Wiring
—Blacklisted
—Outro With Bees
—Pretty Girls
—Outro With Bees (Reprise)
—Tightly
—I Wish I Was the Moon
—Things That Scare Me
—Look for Me (I'll Be Around)
—Stinging Velvet
—Deep Red Bells
—Runnin' Out of Fools

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Neko Case, Tom Ray
Producer: Craig Schumacher, Darryl Neudorf, Neko Case
Drums: John Convertino
Vocals: Neko Case
Acoustic Guitar: Joey Burns
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Alf Annibalini, Mac McGill
Assistant Recording Engineer: Jim Blackwood, Nick Luca
Banjo: Jon Rauhouse
Mastering Engineer: Peter Moore
Mixing Engineer: Darryl Neudorf, Neko Case
Pump Organ: Joey Burns
Recording Engineer: Craig Schumacher
Tenor Guitar: Joey Burns
Twelve-String Guitar: Dallas Good