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Don't Be Afraid

by Carla Geneve

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1.
The Saddle 02:51
Big horse Little horse Dark horse Crazy horse Back in the saddle again Back in the saddle again Back in the saddle again Colic Foot rot Founder And bott flies Back in the saddle again Back in the saddle again Molasses Sugar cubes Pastures New horse shoes Back in the saddle again Back in the saddle again Big horse Little horse Big horse Little horse
2.
Backing Away 02:50
I feel you backing away A little step each day I hear you hesitate It’s what you don’t say Are you losing me Cos I’m losing you Static on the line Everything on the line Is it wrong to fight I don’t see fight in your eyes Is it wrong to win Someone else’s prize And is it right to hold you Just after I told you I feel you backing away Last night at the bar You were Far away We’ll tell all our friends That everything is okay But I'm losing you Are you losing me Static on the line Everything on the line Is it wrong to fight I don’t see fight in your eyes Is it wrong to win Someone else’s prize And is it right to hold you Just after I told you I feel you backing away Backing away Are you losing me Cos I’m losing you
3.
You’d better believe it baby Ain’t no ifs buts or maybes Think about you on the daily If anyone could ever save me It's gonna be you It’s gonna be you I got a life to live And people to share it with As to the love I want to give You’d better believe that it’s Gonna be you It's gonna be you It's gonna be you
4.
Passing 04:08
Where did I get All these scars you ran your key All down my car So I can’t forget Rust has come As time has passed The sun wont rise Past half mast Only when I’m wasted Only when laughing I’m strong enough to face it And I can feel you passing Anger coats The incision And it won’t erase Your decision Only when I’m wasted Only when laughing I’m strong enough to face it And I can feel you passing Only when I’m ready And feeling forgiving Only when I’m steady I can start beginning I never blamed you Isn’t that strange We never were on The same page
5.
Here, Look 02:56
Here look I’ve nothing to hide from you Here look I’ve nothing to hide from you I’m bad I’m good too Too It’s not so simple as heaven and hell It’s the difference I can’t tell Maybe there are more Choices than you thought Here look At what you have done I too want to be forgiven Everybody does It’s not so simple as heaven and hell It’s the difference I can’t tell Maybe there are more Choices than you thought Dont drive a wedge between yourself and the truth Moments like these pass like youth Dont drive a wedge between yourself and the truth Moments like these pass like youth Anger’s not enough To change the world takes love
6.
Annabelle 02:56
I’ve never run from nothing Naiive in all my courage I never knew a beautiful world Could grow something so rotten This disease of hatred Fear and loathing in the neighbourhood I never knew a beautiful world Could grow such an ugly girl Annabelle She hurts the ones that love her most Hell no longer scares me I’ve seen the darkest things It’s not the possession of evil It’s the lack of loving Annabelle She hurts the ones who love her most As scared as I may be Strength is in empathy Some nights I cry at home No one deserves to die alone But maybe she will If she hurts the ones that love her most Annabelle You hurt the ones you love the most Is it too late to learn to love?
7.
Ashamed 03:13
I take my medication With uneasy dedication I drink my pay check with Level headed moderation It takes a lot of work, diligence and contemplation Trying not to fuck up And working on my patience I’m ashamed but I wouldn’t change it I’m to blame I can’t rearrange it It’s too sad to say I’d go back and choose a different way I see people who hurt me And those who I’ve hurt in turn It stings to walk by all the lessons that I’ve had to learn Never simple never fair Right and wrong make good pair I’m ashamed but I can take it I’m proud I never faked it I’m ashamed but I wouldn’t change it I’m to blame and I can’t rearrange it It’s too sad to say I’d go back and choose a different way It’s not easy for me to Remember loving you The half light and the mildew The warmth I felt while holding you Replaced with chills and shaking Clenched jaw and hate making I’m ashamed but I can take it I’m proud I never faked it I’m ashamed but I wouldn’t change it I’m to blame and I won’t rearrange it It’s too sad to say I’d go back And choose a different way
8.
Peace and quiet simplicity don't come easy for a woman like me Tooth and nail heat and hail Duplicity is easy for a woman like me No point in trying to hide They’re scared of what they see They don’t know what to do with a woman like me When ego reigns Sharp as a knife I love like a man And cry like a wife No point in trying to hide They’re scared of what they see you’re looking in a mirror When you’re looking at me But I can be gentle I can be sweet Loving a man like you Is easy for a woman like me
9.
Wisdom isn’t worth it Not another lesson I don’t want to learn If it’s going to hurt I would rather remain innocent as the day I broke a heart the first time Wisdom isn’t worth it Wisdom isn’t worth it Put me on another production line I don’t want to know What it is I’m making Wisdom isn’t worth it Wisdom isn’t worth it Dumb deaf and kind Dumb deaf and kind
10.
IIWII 03:37
Used to think the world was cruel But indifference is cruelest of it all Used to think that she was pure But our nature has no cure And it is what it is Can't let this Bitter my sweetness Loved you like a pig in muck But most pigs get down on their luck It is what it is And it hurts like fuck Put my hand in your heart to treat like your own body part But you’re hurting yourself And it is what it is Can't let this Bitter my sweetness

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released October 17, 2025

Composed, written and performed by Carla Geneve
Additional composition by Daniel Carroll
Additional performances by Daniel Carroll, Shaun Liddell Jennings (6, 10), Bryn Stanford (3, 7) and Brian Kruger (2)
Production and mixing by Daniel Carroll
Mastering by William Bowden

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singer songwriter from Perth, Western Australia

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