Paranoia from Tame by De-Esser

my paranoia's done more damage
than it ever could have hoped to have avoided

and my anxious nerves have burned more bridges
than they ever could have hoped to keep undamaged

(bridge)
the way a bird rejects its offspring
or how a bee dies by its own sting
our instincts sometimes serve for nothing

(chorus)
oh I'm scared of meditation
that can't be healthy
that must mean something
never quite can shake the feeling
that something awful's about to happen
waking terrified and sweating
without remembering what I was dreaming
just remembering the feeling

my fear of offending has hurt more feelings
than they ever could've hoped of keeping salvaged

(bridge)
the way a straight line trances chickens
there's fatal flaws within our own self-defense mechanisms
like an autoimmune disease of our perceived existence

(chorus)

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