Case, Neko - Things That Scare Me Lyrics






Fluorescent lights engage
Blackbirds frying on a wire
Same birds that followed me to school When I was young
Were they trying to tell me something
Were they telling me to run

The hammer clicks in place
The world's gonna pay
Right down in the face of God and his saints
Claim your soul's not for sale
I'm a dying breed who still believes
Haunted by American dreams
Haunted by American dreams





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  1. L.... M....

    Neko Case emulating 16 Horsepower. Love it.

  2. A.... G....

    This was the first song by Neko Case that I ever listened to, and it immediately struck a nerve with me. Strange enough, I never checked her other material, just getting into it right now....what a great catalogue!

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    I would suggest Fox Confessor Brings The Flood as your next listen if you haven't done so already.

    A.... G....

    It was the song that started it for me too. Never been the same since.

  3. N.... F....

    Reminds me the first day I arrived to London city, betrayed by my two best friends. I said to myself: "pick up your bag pack and carry on, man"! So I took the underground and pretended not to give a shit. I used to get bills in my pockets anyways <3

  4. A.... M....

    Look up, Choosing The Perfect Song To Begin A Record, and this amazing and brilliant piece of art about desperation and paranoia is what you'll find.

    Absolutely sets the tone and atmosphere for the whole record.

    "I'm a dying breed, still believe, haunted by American dream"

    Bloody, fucking brilliant!!!!!!

    A.... M....

    Anna Montenegro , Right on! This album ....this ones a beautiful beast. Up there with Levin Helm’s “ Dirt Farmer”

  5. A.... M....

    There is another song that uses a VERY similar sound to the acoustic guitar at the very begining and what the banjo continues in the background. For the life of me, I cant place it, but in the other song its at the forefront...

    A.... M....

    Well, not the same, but damn close picking work and rhythm by Robert Ellis in Sing Along, and not as prominent. Maybe its just me?

    A.... M....

    +Adrian McGhee Robert Ellis: Sing Along - Demo showcases it. Acoustic version basically.

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    Adrian McGhee Nasty Letter by Otis Taylor has a similar and awesome acoustic in it

  6. c.... p....

    Beautiful voice.

  7. K.... T....

    Reminds me of the Gold Rush in California

  8. B.... S....

    Love this one much :)

  9. E.... S....

    i.e.: the 'american dream' is a ghost. and maybe even a ghost of something that was never alive.

  10. g.... ....

    I didn't know one could make a banjo sound sinister and foreboding until I heard this song. Chills up the spine every. damn. time.

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    and i usually hate the banjo, but this song does it right somehow

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    For those who think the same, listen to 16 horsepower then ("straw foot" for example).. you may be interested!

  11. c.... ....

    It's an audio file with a static image on Youtube. What the fuck were you expecting? IMAX?

  12. d.... ....

    I was watching Warm Bodies and they put in this song. The song was better than the movie.

  13. f.... ....

    ...love this song!!!!!

  14. L.... ....

    So haunting, so *perfect*. I just love the way she can build moods through her voice. Such a great artist.

  15. i.... ....

    why do you care? Its just the album art, just google that shit and look at it instead.

  16. f.... ....

    240p we meet again.

  17. m.... ....

    You're funny

  18. B.... ....

    Have a thumbs down

  19. m.... ....

    Well aren't you special.

  20. B.... ....

    Funny, they click pretty profoundly to me.

  21. t.... ....

    @butteryfistful american dream is really an evil spirit that disguises itself as "something good" deceiving our minds at every turn capturing our imagination in how we perceive reality, making us slaves to its false hopes and aspirations, forever changing the course of our lives such that we cannot live without pursuing it as if it is such a worthy cause. that's why she says "haunted by american dreams"

  22. t.... ....

    @myfavoriteballads cold new world in the making. even animals recognize love and follow it. but modern society denies the existence of spirits, so we are animated by evil spirits without knowing it while they rob us of our place in the kingdom of heaven. she's the last of a dying breed who still believes that love is defined as laying down your life for others, unfiltered by any prejudice that categorizes people according to the world's cold way of thinking that only alienates equal people

  23. P.... M....

    so good it hurts!

  24. m.... ....

    I love Neco's singing, but for the life of me, her lyrics are a complete enigma to me!

  25. K.... ....

    Chilling...

  26. H.... U....

    Love that almost westerny type guitar playing. With her voice...awesome

  27. E.... S....

    Yes go buy the Album :)... But be careful, Average Heads Can't Handle it

    Thanks for Posting :)

  28. p.... ....

    My favorite Neko song as solo artist.

    As memeber of the New Pornographers, "Letter for an Occupant" with "Bones of an Idol" getting honorable mention.