Life Less Frightening

Infobox Single
Name = Life Less Frightening


Artist = Rise Against
from Album = Siren Song of the Counter Culture
Released = 2004
Format = CD
Recorded = Plumper Mountain Sound in Gibsons, BC and The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC
Genre = Melodic hardcore
Length = 3:44
Label = Geffen
Writer = Rise Against, Tim McIlrath
Producer = GGGarth
Certification =
Chart position = Modern Rock #33
Last single = "Swing Life Away"
(2004)
This single = "Life Less Frightening"
(2004)
Next single = "Ready to Fall"
(2006)

"Life Less Frightening" is a single by the Chicago melodic hardcore band Rise Against.

Overview

"Life Less Frightening" was the third single off of Rise Against's 2004 album "Siren Song of the Counter Culture". The lyrics depict a realization of the horrors of the world and a longing for a "life less frightening" ("...I'm soaking with the sins of knowing what's gone wrong...") and infers that lack of action will only cause the problems to worsen ("Time again I have found myself stuttering/Foundations pulled out from under me."). "Life Less Frightening" is the third track on the album and runs approximately 3 minutes and 44 seconds.

Chart activity and popularity

"Life Less Frightening" peaked at number 33 on the US Modern Rock Chart. This placed it higher than Give it All (which peaked at 37), and lower than Swing Life Away (which peaked at 12).