“I’m So Afraid” is Track 11 on Fleetwood Mac’s 10th studio album, the self-titled Fleetwood Mac (1975). It appears as the b-side of the US single for “Over My Head.”
Written by Lindsey Buckingham, “I’m So Afraid” was one of many of the songs intended for a proposed second Buckingham Nicks album. Other songs in this group included “Monday Morning,” “Rhiannon,” and “Landslide” — all of which were used for Fleetwood Mac.
An early instrumental take of “I’m So Afraid” appears on the 2018 reissue of Fleetwood Mac.
Lyrics
I been alone
All the years
So many ways to count the tears
I never change
I never will
I’m so afraid the way I feel
Days when the rain and the sun are gone
Black as night
Agony’s torn at my heart too long
So afraid
Slip and I fall and I die
I been alone
Always down
No one cared to stay around
I never change
I never will
I’m so afraid the way I feel
Days when the rain and the sun are gone
Black as night
Agony’s torn at my heart too long
So afraid
Slip and I fall and I die
How I feel
Days when the rain and the sun are gone
Black as night
Agony’s torn at my heart too long
So afraid
Slip and I fall and I die
(Lindsey Buckingham) © 1975 Now Sounds Music (ASCAP)
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