Try Not to Be Afraid Songtext

von Andrew Lloyd Webber

TRY NOT TO BE AFRAID, SO MANY THINGS CAN HAPPEN
BUT NOTHING'S EVER QUITE AS BAD AS IT MIGHT APPEAR
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL I GOT, YOU KNOW I CAN PROTECT YOU
AND TRY AND STOP YOU SHEDDING EVEN ONE MORE SINGLE TEAR

Swallow: SHELTER FROM THE STORM
The Man: REFUGE FROM THE WORLD OUTSIDE
Swallow: SAFETY FROM THE DANGERS
The Man: ESCAPE FROM ALL THE DISAPPOINTMENTS THAT TIME HAS PASSED

HEALING OF THE WOUNDS
THE VANISHING OF NIGHTMARES
The Man: AN END TO ENDLESS TORTURED NIGHT
UNTROUBLED SLEEP AT LAST

THIS IS THE VOW I'VE MADE
I'LL SEE IT ALL COME TRUE NOW
AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO FOR ME:
TRY NOT TO BE AFRAID

The Man:
I SWEAR I'LL BE WITH YOU
THIS PROMISE THAT I'VE MADE YOU
Both: YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME

The Man:
THINK OF EVERYTHING YOU GOT
TRY NOT TO BE AFRAID
Swallow: TRY NOT TO BE AFRAID
Both: TRY NOT TO BE AFRAID

Swallow: It's Amos. I'll get rid of him.
The Man: No wait. What did I just tell you about the Commandments?
Swallow: Sometimes laws can be broken… if there's a real special reason.
The Man: He has a bike. Miracles happen if you play your cards right. Get him to take you to the train tunnel!

Amos: I saw the light in here. I was hoping it was you.
Swallow: What do you want?
Amos: I've come to say goodbye. I'm leaving town tonight, for good… But maybe I could stay for a little while if you want me to.

Amos: Will you tell me your big secret before I go? I'll tell you one of my secrets if you tell me one of yours.
Swallow: You first.
Amos: …I don't wear any underwear.
Swallow: I don't like that kind of secret. It makes me feel weird and… scared.
Amos: I am scared of a lot of things, but I ain't scared of anything tonight
Swallow: I'm never scared of anything, but I'm… scared of you tonight.

LET'S MAKE A PROMISE AND THEN LET'S TAKE A VOW
TIME'S RUNNING OUT THE ONLY TIME LEFT IS NOW
AND YOU KNOW
YOU DESERVE MORE THAN THIS

IF YOU TRUST ME AT ALL THEN JUST GIVE IT A CHANCE
THEY ALL WANT YOU TO CRAWL BUT I WANT YOU TO DANCE
AND IF WE MAKE A PACT
THEN IT'S ONLY RIGHT WE SEAL IT WITH A KISS

Swallow: I've never kissed a boy before.
Amos: I've never kissed a girl who's never kissed a boy before.

Amos: When they put me in Juvenile Detention Hall, I cried… but only once.
Swallow: Sometimes I cry when I hear a train go by… I don't know why. I didn't cry when my mother died. I couldn't. I only pretended to.

Amos: Sometimes I feel like killing my dad.
Swallow: Sometimes I feel like killing Brat.
Amos: Sometimes I feel like killin' myself… Pretendin' my bike's a red Porsche and driving a hundred and fifty miles an hour into a tree.
Swallow: Sometimes I lay awake and feel that too. Nothing. Just the colour of black.
Amos: Sometimes I lay awake at night… dreaming of you…