An Unlikely Teacher

You found me alone, you said that you cared

Yet over the years I find I'm ensnared 

You taught me to run, to hide, and to cry 

But now I recognize your dangerous crime, 

To tell me I'm nothing, I've lost, no one's here 

So that I'm forced to believe only you'll hear 

All my dreams that you claim are insane 

All of the love that's "too far away" 

So you can gnaw at my heart with the games that you play 

You said I was the queen, but now I find, I'm surrounded by pawns on the board of your lies 

I will scream NO 

I know I can win 

I won't be entangled by the weight of your sin 

So now you can go 

For I have been taught 

That you, Fear, are nothing but rot 

Chewing away at our tender hearts 

You taught my to run away, from you 

You taught me to hide, from your lies 

You taught me to cry, when I achieve everything you said I could not 

So Fear, my unlikely teacher, thank you a lot