LITANY AGAINST FEAR (REMASTER)

I must not fear
Fear is the mind-killer
I must not fear
Fear is the mind-killer
I must not fear

Fear is the mind-killer
Fear is the little death
That brings total obliteration
I will face my fear
I will permit it to pass over me
And through me
And when it has gone past
I will turn the inner eye
To see its path
Where the fear has gone
There will be nothing
Only I will remain

I must not fear
Fear is the mind-killer
Fear is the little death
That brings total obliteration
I will face my fear
I will permit it to pass over me
And through me
And when it has gone past
I will turn the inner eye
To see its path
Where the fear has gone
There will be nothing
Only I will remain

What's in the box?
What's in the box?
What's in the box?
Pain
Pain

What's in the box?
What's in the box?
What's in the box?
Pain
Pain

You've heard of animals
Chewing off a leg to escape a trap?
That's an animal kind of trick
A human would remain in the trap
Endure the pain feigning death
That he might kill the trapper
And remove a threat to his kind
Why are you doing this?
Why are you doing this?
To determine if you're human
Be silent
It burns
Silence!
His world emptied of everything
Except the hand
Immersed in agony
He thought he could feel
Skin curling black
On that agonized hand
The flesh crisping and dropping away
Until only charred bones remained

What's in the box?
What's in the box?
What's in the box?
Pain
Pain

What's in the box?
What's in the box?
What's in the box?
Pain
Pain

It stopped
As though a switch
Had been turned off
The pain stopped
Enough!
Take your hand
From the box, young human
And look at it
Do it!
He jerked his hand from the box
Stared at it, astonished
Not a mark
No sign of agony on the flesh
He held up the hand
Turned it
Flexed the fingers
Pain
She sniffed
A human can override
Any nerve in the body

I must not fear
Fear is the mind-killer
I must not fear
Fear is the mind-killer
I must not fear

Fear
Is the mind-killer
Fear is the little death
That brings total obliteration
I will face my fear
I will permit it to pass over me
And through me
And when it has gone past
I will turn the inner eye
To see its path
Where the fear has gone
There will be nothing
Only I will remain