Frightened Lyrics - New Model Army

It's all out on the streets today but you, you've found a place to hide 

Too busy with the rat race, you pass by on the other side 

Yours is the face of the brand new Britain with blinkers on your eyes 

Find yourself position and cling on for dear life 

You're so frightened, everybody's so frightened 

The papers tell of rape and murder, everything that you want to hear 

Bad tidings on the radio - you find a way to name your fear 

So you never pick up hitchhikers, never talk to strangers 

Believe the world outside your bolted door is evil 

You're so frightened, everybody's so frightened. 

You are just a victim of your own bad dreams 

While people are the same as we've always been 

But through the blindness in your eyes 

For just one minute I see them shine 

Love me, won't you love me? But they all turn away 

You never fight for anything, you always turn your face away 

And you never get involved in trouble let all evil have it's way 

So as the girl screams in the street below, you turn up the television 

Perhaps you'll see it on the news - well it's nothing to do with you 

You're too frightened, everybody's so frightened 

Why is everybody so frightened?