Calculated Risk - ESTERE

I feel them coursing through me

Roadblocks in my veins

My big plans are just amateur actors

Reciting on the stage

And I could try anything

But instead, I am pushing

Fear around my plate

Feel like an anchor with no weight

‘Cause I, I don’t wanna go there

I, I don’t want to seize the prize

If pride can lose the last word

Yeah, yeah

I would love you with the fearless embrace

Of all I can afford

But I panic (I panic), just like a rabbit in headlights

Afraid that I’m a fraud

Yeah, you can do anything

But I smell the burning

Before the match is struck

There’s not a flame that I can trust

‘Cause I, I don’t wanna go there

I, I don’t want to seize the prize

If pride can lose the last word

Yeah, yeah

That apple shouldn’t be picked

That chalice shouldn’t be sipped

That serpent shouldn’t be kissed

I’ve calculated the risk

Well, I’m tired of reading the script

To a cautionary tale

Freedom bends at the knee

If we know that we can fall

I don’t want to wast time

I don’t want to lose sight

Of the rising sun

Can’t a girl just have her fun?

That apple shouldn’t be picked

That chalice shouldn’t be sipped

That serpent shouldn’t be kissed

I’ve calculated the risk

That apple shouldn’t be picked

That chalice shouldn’t be sipped

That serpent shouldn’t be kissed

I’ve calculated the risk