Where Others Fear to Tread

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“Where Others Fear to Tread" by Kevin Milner and Piero Peluche is a dynamic folk rock song with instrumentation that veers towards Americana with the featured lap steel guitar and organ. The lyrics question why we continue to do the things we love, like creating and performing music, when the outcome is pain and difficulty. The answer? Even if it feels like “a perfect purgatory,” sometimes a person just has to go “where others fear to tread.”

If you love this track, we recommend checking out "World War 3" as well.

Music Credits

• Kevin Milner: Lyrics, Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
• Piero Peluche: Electric Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Ukulele Fretless Bass, Electric Organ, Synthesizers, Drums, Mixing and Mastering

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• Instrumental Mix: High-Res WAV

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Lyrics

A soulless boy sings soulless songs
At a sold-out soulless show
While I'm stuck singing for myself cause I can't get no one to go

And they ask me why I do it
When it only causes pain
I say "music, my sweet succubus, well she likes it just that way"

And the feast laid out before us
In place of daily bread
We listened to the chorus
What the field commander said
That I've been left for lovers
And I've been left for dead
So I go to the dark places
Where others fear to tread
Yes, I go to the dark places where others fear to tread

And each time I put pens to pages, it's for immortality
For someday, I'll be with songwriting sages
In a perfect purgatory

And you know I'll take the stage each night
Til they tell me that I can't
So I don't write songs for talent shows
I write songs for Townes Van Zandt

And the feast laid out before us
In place of daily bread
We listened to the chorus
What the field commander said
That I've been left for lovers
And I've been left for dead
So I go to the dark places
Where others fear to tread
Yes, I go to the dark places where others fear to tread