Fear will take the best of us
Then come back for the rest of us
Its raging hunger never satisfied

It's closer than a brother
And more jealous than a lover
Who holds you while it swallows you alive

Let down your guard
And it will steal your heart


There's no thief like fear, no
There's no thief like fear, no
Oh oh oh oh oh oh


I've tried to blame bureaucracy
The weak-knees of hypocrisy

And the cruel and shifting winds of circumstance
But I know insecurity
Is the worst of my own enemies

He sings his lonely song and I will dance
As he robs me blind
Right before my eyes


There's no thief like fear, no
There's no thief like fear, no

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Set me free, set me free

Oh my God set me free
From these chains holding me
Oh my God set me free


There's no thief like fear, no
There's no thief like fear, no

There's no thief like fear, no
There's no thief like fear, no
Oh oh oh oh oh oh


I am free, I am free
Oh my God has set me free

From these chains I am released
For my God has set me free


I am free, I am free
Oh my God has rescued me
From these chains I am released

For my God has set me free