Dinosaur Brain

[Verse 1] My therapist says I got a dinosaur brain Fight or flight response, can't handle the strain Of modern living, grocery store fluorescent lights Send me spiraling into prehistoric nights Where everything's a threat, everything's too much Her hand on my shoulder feels like a velociraptor's touch I'm wired for hunting mammoths, dodging meteors Not filing taxes or remembering her birthday, it appears [Chorus] Dinosaur brain in a Honda Civic Dinosaur brain, it's so specific The way I panic when my phone dies Or someone looks at me with slightly different eyes Dinosaur brain, I'm extinct inside Dinosaur brain, just trying to survive Another day in the modern world With my reptilian cortex unfurled [Verse 2] She says "Why don't you ever text me back?" I say "'Cause I'm hiding from a saber-tooth attack" She laughs, I'm serious, I'm in the trees Watching predators, my amygdala's on its knees Begging for a break from all this stimulation Coffee, emails, social obligation My brain thinks Starbucks is a watering hole Where I might get eaten, lose control [Bridge] Doctor says "Just breathe, count to ten" But my dinosaur brain's like "Run again" From the quiet hum of the refrigerator From commitment, from feeling like a failure I'm just a lizard in a human suit Trying not to eat all the forbidden fruit Or hide under the bed when things get real My dinosaur brain won't let me feel Normal [Verse 3] She left because I couldn't open up I wanted to but my brain said "Nope, what's up Is you're vulnerable and that means death" So I made jokes until she left Now I'm alone with my dinosaur thoughts In my apartment that I never bought 'Cause commitment's just a trap for the weak My dinosaur brain won't let me speak The truth [Final Chorus] Dinosaur brain smoking on my porch Dinosaur brain, I'm holding a torch For a simpler time when threats were clear Not this vague existential fear Dinosaur brain, I'm doing my best Dinosaur brain won't let me rest In the present, in the now Dinosaur brain won't tell me how [Outro] Evolution left me behind With a dinosaur brain and a human mind Trying to reconcile the two Dinosaur brain, what do I do? Just keep swimming, I guess Just keep swimming through the mess Dinosaur brain Dinosaur brain