The Fear

from Ten Paces by Ruen Brothers

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The flooding of Henry’s basement inspired the lyrics, so there’s a lot of anxiety built into them. It was initially slow and ballad-like, then we doubled up the tempo. Finally, we settled on a chopped-up version of both to add twists and turns and ultimately increase the unnerving quality. A small wooden cabin set was built for the music video to represent the claustrophobic feeling that the song creates, emphasized further by a narrow aspect ratio.

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Can I take you home baby?
No it’s not late but lately
All the people outside
Make me want to go and hide
Laughter, love and joy and hope
Hanging from a shiny rope
That wraps around my neck my dear
I try to bottle up my fears

When I’m comfy in my bed
Comfy in my home
Lock the door so we’re all alone

Comfy in my bed
Like a coffin in the ground
Bury me deep, 6 feet down

So won’t you stay here, please don’t go dear
You’re my teddy bear
Pillow in the air
Help me sleep with no despair

But when you’re gone
Skeleton and bone
And the ghosts they ride and roam

It’s the fear in me
Oh the fear in me
Oh the fear you’ll leave
Oh the fear, dear
Oh the fear in me
Oh the fear you’ll leave
As the world bleeds
Feel the fear, fear in me

The pace at which they move is frightening
Too much all the time like lightning
People all around the globe
Beat my brain, overload
They walk and talk with traffic heavy
Smoke and signals blink unsteady
All my worries flurry by
I watch the world slowly die

And I’m comfy in my bed
Comfy in my home
You can rock my twilight zone

Comfy in my bed
Like a coffin in the ground
Bury me deep, six feet down

So won’t you stay here, please don’t go dear
You’re my teddy bear
Pillow in the air
Help me sleep with no despair

But when you’re gone
Skeleton and bone
And the ghosts they ride and roam

It’s the fear in me
Oh the fear in me
Oh the fear you’ll leave
Oh the fear, dear
Oh the fear in me
Oh the fear you’ll leave
As the world bleeds
Feel the fear, fear in me

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from Ten Paces, track released June 2, 2023
2023 Yep Roc, LLC.

Written by Rupert Stansall, Henry Stansall

Producer: Rupert Stansall
Engineers: Rupert Stansall / Henry Stansall
Mixer: Rupert Stansall
Mastered: Rupert Stansall

Instrumentation:
Rupert Stansall - Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer, Bass, Percussion, Programming and SFX
Henry Stansall - Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar, Glockenspiel, Programming and SFX

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Ruen Brothers Scunthorpe, UK

Siblings Henry and Rupert Stansall are from the small industrial town of Scunthorpe, England and have been recording together as Ruen Brothers since 2013. The brothers’ journey has taken them from the ‘£ a pint’ pubs of Scunthorpe to the dizzying heights of festival stages such as Bonnaroo, Glastonbury and Coachella, to performing opening sets for Orville Peck, Nikki Lane and Greta Van Fleet. ... more

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