[Verse 1] Anxiety takes so many shapes you never see them coming (yeah) Closed spaces, crowded rooms, a storm outside and something's humming Could be chest pains in a store wondering who takes care of mine (woah) Am I dying or is this just another Tuesday night It's like a leash connecting us and I don't know If I'm walking it or it's the one in control Thirty-six years of learning when to hold my ground (yeah) Medicine keeps the door closed but it still comes around [Hook] One stray thought and it begins (yeah) Twenty thirty minutes feeling like it never ends Time moves slow when you're scared out of your mind (woah) Anxiety don't care about the place or time [Verse 2] First bad one came at dinner room got loud and then louder (yeah) Noise peeled off the walls and wrapped around me like a shroud did Boxed inside the sound of every conversation near Had to leave because my body said it couldn't stay right here (woah) Went home and fell into my bed completely drained and gone Fought a war inside my head and lost but still held on Second time a gas station far from everything I knew Fifteen hours out and feeling like the walls were closing too (yeah... woah) [Hook - Variation] One stray thought and it begins (yeah) A line from something on TV and then the spiral wins Dread that comes from nowhere at the most unexpected place (woah) Anxiety don't care about the time or face [Verse 3] Your thoughts are out to get you that's the honest truth (yeah) One wrong thought at the wrong moment sends you to the roof Always on your back but you can beat it back some days Gain a little ground and carve a little space (woah) For me it was the doctor and a safety blanket pill Learning all my triggers and exactly when to still It's not a thing I'd wish on anyone alive (yeah) But those of us who carry it we find a way to survive [Verse 4] Not just me but you too if you're living with this weight (yeah) The leash pulls harder some days and you're stumbling in the gate Thirty-six years of shaking hands and wavering heart (woah) But sturdy enough to keep on beating in the dark Time moves slow when the fear sets in but it always moves (yeah) Twenty thirty minutes feeling like forever then it soothes Built sturdy enough to tremble and still find the light (woah) Built sturdy enough to shake and make it through the night [Outro - quiet, warm, resolving] Anxiety is a leash... (yeah) But we hold the other end... Hands trembling... (woah) Hearts wavering... But we're built sturdy enough... Built sturdy enough to shake... Who's walking who... (yeah) ...We'll get through this.
