Hypochondriac Blues

Here I am again

Drowning in the sheets of my sweat stained bed

I throw the covers over my head

But when the light breaks through my body builds up the dread

And two hours later, I work staring a hole in the wall

I can see, I can smell

You may think that I’m well

But something isn’t right at all

‘Cause I can taste the bitter acid washing up my throat

And I can feel the brittle marrow cracking in my bones

And this headache means I’ve probably got a tumor in my head

And this mark on my back is practically blood red

It could be cancer of the spine but my doctor says I’m fine

Say what you want, I can’t help the feeling that I’m dying

I’ve got the sanity of Rosemary Kennedy before lobotomy

And I’m the greatest threat to my own health

But how can you blame me

I wonder why I don’t see more people going crazy reading about the news every day

Getting sick of feeling limp and useless

Oh tell me what the use is

The tortured soul I can save

‘Cause if you leave me alone with my mind

You’re gonna dig my grave

Listen up my only friend

If the sun should burn out and the world just ends

Well we’d be dead, we wouldn’t be scared

You can’t have fear if you don’t have time to reflect

And the minutes you waste taking up space instead of really being alive

Would be better put to use trying to make a friend or two

‘Cause they will give you the courage to get through life

And it won’t be too long now before you’re gone

And someone takes your place to carry the world on their arms

Well that doesn’t sound nice, I should take my own advice

And leave all my fear and hate behind

But paranoia rules my brain while the shrink says I’m sane

Well go ahead and diagnose whatever you want

But you’re lying

I’ve got the sanity of Rosemary Kennedy before lobotomy

And I’m the greatest threat to my own health

But how can you blame me

I wonder why I don’t see more people going crazy reading about the news every day

Getting sick of feeling limp and useless

Oh tell me what the use is

The tortured soul I can save

‘Cause if you leave me alone with my mind

You’re gonna dig my grave