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What Are You Afraid Of

By Kerrie Roberts

765 views Sep 26, 2026 updated Time For the Show album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Kerrie Roberts spends the verses naming specific, ordinary fears rather than one big abstract one — "being compared to the girl who has everything... being the last to get there and the last to know... giving your whole world for love and the boy says no." These aren't dramatic crises, they're the small comparisons and disappointments that actually erode confidence day to day.


The chorus reframes the source of that fear rather than just dismissing it: "the shadows that you're scared of are usually your own, they're not the great unknown." Most of what feels threatening, in this song's logic, isn't external danger — it's self-doubt dressed up as something bigger.


The answer offered isn't self-help confidence, it's borrowed security: "grace has got you covered, God is in control, go on and let it go." Paul's reminder that God gave a spirit of power and love, not fear, and Isaiah's promise not to be afraid because God is present, both sit behind a chorus that treats letting go as trust rather than resignation.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

Being compared to the girl who has everything

Not living up when the whole world's watching

Being the last to get there and the last to know

You scream at the top of your lungs

When no one's listening

Being a basket case over anything

Giving your whole world for love

And the boy says no


So what are you afraid of

Show 'em what you're made of

The shadows that you're scared of

Are usually your own

They're not the great unknown

You don't have to wonder

You're not going under

Grace has got you covered

God is in control

Go on and let it go

What are you afraid of


Right on the brink of a breakthrough but you're frozen

Hurting somebody you love in that moment

No, it's not living if you're always thinking of

The worst that could happen


So what are you afraid of

Show 'em what you're made of

The shadows that you're scared of

Are usually your own

They're not the great unknown

You don't have to wonder

You're not going under

Grace has got you covered

God is in control

Go on and let it go


Whenever it's the darkest

Whenever it's the hardest

Don't you stop before you started

If you're gonna dream

Dream it all the way


So what are you afraid of

Show 'em what you're made of

The shadows that you're scared of

Are usually your own

They're not the great unknown

You don't have to wonder

You're not going under

Grace has got you covered

God is in control

Go on and let it go

What are you afraid of


What are you afraid of

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