Fear is the Mind Killer

How was I supposed to know that my stone was gonna roll way down in the valley

How was I supposed to see all the fishes in the sea swimmed on without me

I was just a little stone tt the bottom of the sea

The waves were crashing over me

How am I supposed to keep all of my sheep when the hill's so steep

How was I supposed to know that my soul was gonna roll

Way down in the valley to the ocean

Floatin' along with the strangest notion

Take off my old clothes and never put 'em back on

Fear is the mind-

Is the mind-killer

Leaves you with nowhere to run to

Plants the seed of hate within you

Fear, fear

How was I supposed to know I was gonna fall in love with 'Ole Takanaka

Mowin' my lawn on a Sunday, praying for the daisy's forgiveness

And the rain to come onto the ocean

How's the surf down there in Japan good man?

Is it open?

I wanna be specifically Pacific but I'm Arkansan

You know I must

I gotta trust this lust for the ocean

Pick it

Fear is the mind-

Is the mind-killer

Leaves you with nowhere to run to

Plants the seed of hate within you

Fear, fear

How was I supposed to know that my soul was gonna grow into a big soul flower

The only thing I'd ever need was a big hot sun and the occasional shower

How was I supposed to know that my stone was gonna roll way down in the valley

How was I supposed to see all the fishes in the sea swimmed on without me to the ocean

Floatin' along with the strangest notion

Fear is the mind-

Is the mind killer

Killer, killer the real dealer

Fear

Fear is the mind-

Is the mind killer

Leaves you with nowhere to run to

Plants the seed of hate within you

Fear, fear