When I was a child, running in the night I was afraid of what might be Hiding in the dark and hiding on the streets For and of what was following me The hounds of love are calling I've always been a coward And I don't know what's good for me Well, here I go It's coming at me through the tree Help me, someone, help me, please And take your shoes off And I will throw them in the lake And I will be two steps on the water I found a fox, caught by dogs He let me take him in my hands His little heart, it beat so fast That I am ashamed to be running away From nothing real, I just can't deal with this I feel ashamed to be there Amongst your hounds of loving I feel your arms surrounding me I've always been a coward And I don't know what's good for me Watch, here I go Don't let me go, hold me down It's coming at me through the tree Help me, someone, help me, please And take my shoes off And I will throw them in the lake And I will be two steps on the water Do you know what I need, do you know what I need? I need a yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh Take my shoes off And I will throw them in the lake And I will be two steps on the water Ooh, I know, I know, I know I don't know what's good for me I don't know what's good for me Do you know what I need, do you know what I need? I need a he-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah