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The Fear Lyrics

I want to be rich and I want lots of money
I don't care about clever, I don't care about funny
I want loads of clothes and fuck loads of diamonds
I heard people die while they're trying to find them
And I'll take my clothes off and it will be shameless
'Cause everyone knows that's how you get famous
I'll look at the sun and I'll look in the mirror
I'm on the right track, yeah I'm on to a winner

I don't know what's right and what's real anymore
And I don't know how I'm meant to feel anymore
When do you think it will all become clear?
'Cause I'm being taken over by The Fear

Life's about film stars and less about mothers
It's all about fast cars and cussing each other
But it doesn't matter 'cause I'm packing plastic
And that's what makes my life so fucking fantastic
And I am a weapon of massive consumption
And it's not my fault, it's how I'm programmed to function
I'll look at the sun and I'll look in the mirror
I'm on the right track, yeah we're on to a winner

I don't know what's right and what's real anymore
And I don't know how I'm meant to feel anymore
When do you think it will all become clear?
'Cause I'm being taken over by The Fear

Forget about guns and forget ammunition
'Cause I'm killing 'em all on my own little mission
Now I'm not a saint, but I'm not a sinner
Now everything's cool as long as I'm getting thinner

I don't know what's right and what's real anymore
And I don't know how I'm meant to feel anymore
When do you think it will all become clear?
'Cause I'm being taken over by The Fear

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2cute2bstrait
12-07-2008

Rated 0

Her New Stuff is Really good.

I mean her Other stuff was too, her other stuff was mature* but this just shows how she has grown.
Bloody fantastic Lil

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SourBlue
12-08-2008

Rated -2

These lyrics are so in-depth and self-explanatory that trying to interept their meaning would be pointless.

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winterchick
12-10-2008

Rated 0

I LOVE this song...the lyric's are so real

I think its about how she see's young people growing up...craving material stuff over the important things in life....The chorus is about herself as she doesnt know whats real anymore due to the people around her being so stupid...it's her "fear"

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SleepOnTheFloor
12-15-2008

Rated 0

everything's cool, as long as im getting thinner.

yess

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romanceisdead
12-16-2008

Rated +1

Correct lyrics -

I want to be rich and I want lots of money
I don't care about clever, I don't care about funny
I want loads of clothes and fuck loads of diamonds
I heard people die while they're trying to find them
And I'll take my clothes off and it will be shameless
'Cause everyone knows that's how you get famous
I'll look at the sun and I'll look in the mirror
I'm on the right track, yeah I'm on to a winner

I don't know what's right and what's real anymore
And I don't know how I'm meant to feel anymore
When do you think it will all become clear?
'Cause I'm being taken over by The Fear

Life's about film stars and less about mothers
It's all about fast cars and cussing each other
But it doesn't matter 'cause I'm packing plastic
And that's what makes my life so fucking fantastic
And I am a weapon of massive consumption
And it's not my fault, it's how I'm programmed to function
I'll look at the sun and I'll look in the mirror
I'm on the right track, yeah we're on to a winner

I don't know what's right and what's real anymore
And I don't know how I'm meant to feel anymore
When do you think it will all become clear?
'Cause I'm being taken over by The Fear

Forget about guns and forget ammunition
'Cause I'm killing 'em all on my own little mission
Now I'm not a saint, but I'm not a sinner
Now everything's cool as long as I'm getting thinner

I don't know what's right and what's real anymore
And I don't know how I'm meant to feel anymore
When do you think it will all become clear?
'Cause I'm being taken over by The Fear

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PrettyBlackRoses
12-17-2008

Rated +3

I love this song. It's so true at how people look at publicity and becoming famous.
'I'll look at the sun and I'll look in the mirror' is obviously about people looking to the papers to gage their success (The Sun and The Mirror newpapers).

It's pretty self explanatory and I just love the way it's taking a good look at the people we're forced to idolise. Young girls care about getting famous so much they will take their clothes off to get there and it's a sad thing when you see what it's come to.

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TheMisfitDreamer
01-02-2009

Rated +1

wow glad I read these lyrics when the line came up (And I am a weapon of massive consumption
and its not my fault it�s how I�m program to function)
I thought she was saying I have a massive consumption that islam will fall becuase thats how our programs are functioned.
haha don't know why I heard that hardly makes sense still kinda sounds like that when I go back and listen to it.

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jadore music
01-10-2009

Rated 0

I love this song.. I think the lyrics are really real and the song's really catchy and fun to listen to, also.

I think the people ahead of me explained the song, and the song's kind of self explanatory anyways.

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PissedChris
01-19-2009

Rated +2

Yeah its a pretty fun song. A half sarcastic look at, and half confession of her life in the public eye. A bit of a stab at some of the more pious celebrities too I'd imagine. Little self-reflection thrown in the chorus too.

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dorky_twilighter
01-23-2009

Rated 0

I love this song, it's becoming one of my favorites..

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gavtail
01-27-2009

Rated 0

FINALLY!!!!!!

It's about Goddamn time someone brought out a song like this!!!!

I LOVE YOU LILY!!!!

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The_$t!G
01-29-2009

Rated 0

I have a vague idea what its about..
just waiting for someone to explain it to me
^^

great song :)

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The_$t!G
01-30-2009

Rated 0

yeh it's about wanting publicity
just listened to it a bit more
love that line about the sun and the mirror
didnt realise at first that those were newspapers pff :p
what does "I am packing plastic" mean?

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quitejaded
01-31-2009

Rated 0

Knowing that "The Sun" and "The Mirror" are newspapers really helps, but it makes sense (at least the mirror) without knowing its a paper.

I like "I'm not saint and I'm not a sinner" because its like... She's not doing anything wrong, but then again she isn't doing anything right. And she doesn't care.

But what I want to know is... What is "THE FEAR" exactly?? What are we afraid of??

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pinkchemicalsnow
02-13-2009

Rated 0

Okay, the way that I'm taking it is that the chorus is Lily singing about herself, but the verses are about the world she sees, especially, I'm guessing, as a celebrity. So "The Fear" is turning into someone like the people in the verses or becoming a sheep or whatever. I could be off but that's sort of what it sounds like to me. When you're surrounded by something and peer pressure is going on, it's difficult not to change, at least a bit.

PrettyBlackRoses
02-25-2009

Rated 0

'The Fear' is her fear of becoming like what she describes in the rest of the song however she can slowly see herself being taken in by it at the same time.

I heard it was also about Cheryl Cole although I'm not too sure how true that is.

randomRANCOR
03-17-2009

Rated 0

I think "I'm not a saint" is saying that she's not behaving like, well, like a saint. But because of the way that society is set up and how we idolize a few celebraties in Hollywood, that sort of behavior is accepted. She's not exceptional, she's "not a sinner."

And The Fear is the consuming quality of living in that sort of lifestyle. The fear of being left behind and not up on the latest fashion. And the vague feeling that this life is missing something. But she doesn't know what's right or even what's real, so she just goes along with it until she finds the truth. But the longer she continues like this, the more The Fear consumes her and the farther she is from the truth.

drnimrod
07-10-2009

Rated 0

If you know Ian Brown's "F.E.A.R." then it will add more meaning to this song, because it is referenced as well.

LoveTrue101
07-27-2009

Rated 0

I think the "fear" is the fear of failure or being seen as mediocre in everyone's eyes. That is what drives people to become famous stars and idolized by everyone, many people cannot just be average Joe's and still be happy, they need to be worshiped by masses of people and or looked upon as better or more superior than others. From reading her lyrics, it only makes sense, when she says "I am being taken over by the Fear" is must mean that she is been taken over by the fear of failure or inferiority.

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CalmG
02-04-2009

Rated +1

I think it's about how being famous and having loads of money is messing with her head abit. The video kinda goes with that idea as well, it's all surreal and overly nice and kinda werid.

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markiee55
02-07-2009

Rated 0

This is the ones song from her new album that i like.

its true and funny.

the background song reminds me of the sims 2 theme :)

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lilymariex3
02-08-2009

Rated 0

this song represents what we are all thinking and what we all desire
so true love you lily <3

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SmithersJones87
02-08-2009

Rated 0

Obviously a commentry on materialism, fame, celebrity culture, that sort of thing. Never noticed the tabloid references though!

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Kockash
02-09-2009

Rated 0

"packing plastic"---- plastic surgeries?
but of course its not sure...
any idea?

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LIZ16CA
02-09-2009

Rated +3

According to her in an interview, The Fear is literally Perez Hilton.

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x-Claudia-x
02-10-2009

Rated +2

I think "I'm packing plastic" is about credit cards, because the next line "I am a weapon of massive consumption" is all about being a consumer, or a shopaholic.

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ChickenGoujons
02-15-2009

Rated +2

The best song Lily Allen's ever written. Really, really good. I wasn't ever really a fan of hers. Her previous songs were catchy but nothing great and I just kinda forgot them after a while. But I'm very pleasantly surprised with this. She's done a good job here. I like how she's taken her experiences of being famous and turned them into such a great song. She's a very witty lyricist.

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mjk289
02-17-2009

Rated 0

The fear is that her lyrics are true even though most people will say these aren't the important things in life. If she accepts this reality she may lose herself and her ideals, but it will be a relief as long as it is clear what is normal.

I plan on seeing her for the first time when she plays the TLA in Philadelphia.

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thrwmyhrtawy.
02-22-2009

Rated 0

^ same here!
i'm def. trying to go,
can't fucking wait.

'it's not my fault it's how i'm programmed to function'

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zachyboi
03-16-2009

Rated 0

Packing plastic means Credit cards lily said so on her twitter.

But i dont know what this means "Forget about guns and forget ammunition 'Cause I'm killing 'em all on my own little mission" can anyone help me?

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randomRANCOR
03-17-2009

Rated 0

saying that the way that the media and the magazines and the general life of celebraties corrupt the way the younger generations are seeing themselves and are living their lives are doing more damage than any physical weapons.

drnimrod
07-10-2009

Rated 0

She's pro abortion and has had quite a few.

LoveTrue101
07-27-2009

Rated 0

The mission of brainwashing people into killing themselves... This can happen in a variety of ways, through alcohol, drugs, anorexia, suicide, music, you know the like... People kill each other everyday over materialism and the desire to be above the next man. You do not need a gun to kill somebody if you can trick someone into using something people love against them. You can be a slave to your own addiction, and "mass consumption" is an addiction. It can range from drugs, alcohol, sex, anything. And you know too much of anything can what? Eventually kill you....

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