Am I Dead?

Health anxiety is a common experience in which normal sensations in the body can trigger repeated checking of breathing, pulse, or other signs of life. The search for reassurance can become a quiet loop that’s hard to interrupt. This track comes from somewhere inside that loop. ********************************* [Verse – spoken, steady loop] am I dead or am I dying am I dead am I dead or am I dying am I dead am I dead or am I dying am I dead check the pulse still here [Mantra Block] am I dead or am I dying am I dead am I dead or am I dying am I dead am I dead or am I dying [Verse – second pass, bodily checks] check the breath still moving check the chest still rising check the pulse still here still here still here [Mantra Block – shortened cognition] am I dead or am I dying am I am I dead or am I dying am I dead or am I [Bridge – fractured intrusion] pulse still there breath still slow nothing wrong I already know still I check still I wait still I lean for something to change [Final Loop – degrading] am I dead or am I dying am I dead am I dead or am I dying am I am I dead or am I dying am I dead [Outro – last check] check the pulse still here