[Intro] I was so worried... I didn't see it creep inside... [Verse 1] It bloomed beneath my gut A dark seed full of teeth Root tendrils climbed my ribs Like cracks through frozen glass I cough splintered bark The branch-shade twists inside My lungs creak like dead wood In a storm without wind... [Pre-Chorus] The root-heart is growing... Fear nourishes it... It constricts... (it chokes...) It strangles... (it tightens...) [Chorus] There’s an Anxietree... Growing inside of me! Its branches through my memory... Every thought becomes an axe Dull splinters coloured black... [Post-Chorus] Crack… Crack… Crack… It never breaks… It never breaks! [Verse 2] The roots crawl through my chest And knot around my lungs Twig-shadows cross my vision They scrape inside my head Its thorny leaves hate the light Sleep-thieves circle my bed Black-wing thoughts hatch at night They peck holes through the calm [Pre-Chorus] The root-heart is growing... Fear nourishes it... My thoughts... (are murky...) My being... (is questioned...) [Chorus] There’s an Anxietree... Growing inside of me! It's mass writhes beneath my skin All that’s left inside my skull Are storm-crows nesting in the rain [Post-Chorus] Crack… Crack… Crack… It never breaks… It never breaks… It never breaks! [Outro] If I resist... It tightens... I'm afraid... It just feeds it more...
