You're the first thing I think of each morning, the last before I sleep
My paranoia's hard wired in a generation deep
I spend my days in constant turmoil, trying to keep control
But like drowning in a tar pit, the more I struggle, the more you hold

You waste my precious time and sap my flagging energy
So ashamed of you I have to run and hide

Anxiety, unwanted life companion
Feeding me a steady stream of lies, trying to wreck my life
Brain monkeys, ensconced upon my back
I'll burn you from my temporal lobes if it's the last thing I do

You're the giant knot inside my stomach, the flutter in my chest
The sinking rollercoaster feeling, the shortness of my breath
The rushing thoughts and mad distractions, that keep me up at night
You make me jerk off way too much, and lose my appetite

But I still hunger for the day when I will struggle free
You are not me or mine, I disown you

Anxiety, unwanted life companion
Feeding me a steady stream of lies, trying to wreck my life
Brain monkeys, ensconced upon my back
I'll burn you from my temporal lobes if it's the last thing I do

You make good situations bad and make the hard times worse
You poison me with whispered lies that I have no self worth
You fluster me and make me prone to rushed, careless mistakes
You ruin opportunities with your fight-or-flight charade

But I won't live in terror like you made my mother do
And my father's rage has no place in my heart

Anxiety, unwanted life companion
Feeding me a steady stream of lies, trying to wreck my life
Brain monkeys, ensconced upon my back
I'll burn you from my temporal lobes if it's the last thing I do

And do you know worst part, the part that makes me sob and scream
Is my loved ones, always ask what they've done wrong
They see my pain and try to blame themselves

My comfort should not depend, on people dancing to your tune
I have so much to be happy about
So much success to count, if you'd only let me be

You cast my friends as enemies, claim my lovers all betray
Overwhelm them with intensity and scare them all away
You never let me trust a soul and you won't let me relax
If anyone's happier than me you want me to attack

You tell me people love me just to someday knock me down
But I know you're wrong and I've got living proof

Anxiety, unwanted life companion
Feeding me a steady stream of lies, trying to wreck my life
Brain monkeys, ensconced upon my back
I'll burn you from my temporal lobes if it's the last thing I do