Anxious Mind Lyrics

I'm tossing, I'm turning, my stomach is churning

My thoughts reoccurring, my head won't stop hurting

My heart won't stop yearning, my blood won't stop burning

But I'm learning

It feels like an elephant sat on my chest, spit three or four words out

A minute at best

Yet everyone else seems to have enough breath

So why does it feel like I'm so close to losing control to the trolls controlling the mind

I'm hacking through viruses hoping to find a heart rate that's kind

To this anxious mind, this anxious mind, this anxious mind

Put down your anxiety, come and fly away with me

Everybody wants to see the you that you were meant to be

So put down your anxiety, it's time to change the frequency

Let's protect that energy, just breathe

But life in plastic is fantastic, till Australia's trees are brassic

Amazon's sold out of Phoenix can a koala carry a Kleenex

Kale and tofu? no thank you I know I should, but

Ooo if only pepperoni didn't taste so good

Infestation swept the nation

Everyone's in isolation

Still half of the population

Need a little spring awakening

To the liberties they're taking

Colours of the winds are changing

All this progress they died making

Still so much discrimination, I can't believe

These politicians on their mission, fishing through all their decisions

My acquisition in lyricism is all I've got to make them listen

Acquisition in lyricism, all I've got to make you

Put down your anxiety, come and fly away with me

Everybody wants to see the you that you were meant to be

So put down your anxiety, it's time to change the frequency

Let's protect that energy, just breathe

We're penniless millennials still hanging on to fairy tales, so

Free the plant to free the lives from guns and knives and rich people lies

But south parks Ninja Club blew up, all gods gaffs and rainbow pubs

Extinguishing delinquency rack up the brain, dig up a degree

Just fight it, light it, do it all night, it

Won't ever change because you'll be excited

Everyone knows that one day you will find it

Despite the fact that nobody could like it

Sorry, I've just got really bad anxiety because

I'm just kind of full of empathy worrying about that plastic island the size of Texas in the sea and

Nemo's probably stuck in a can of Pepsi somewhere and everyone's like

It's okay, the planet will be fine and I'm like

No you don't understand, if you don't recycle that can right now we're all going

To die

Sorry

Woah, woah, woah, alright, do you need to take a breather or something

No, no, no, I'm fine, just get this done

Right, but this isn't theatre, we don't have to do it all in one take

Sorry, it's just I'm like wary because like studio time is money and it makes me all anxious

And

Right, right, yeah, but just do me a favour for a second, you can stay in the booth

Just close your eyes for me and count

Oh, I'm just really bad at all the Mindfulness stuff, my brain's too busy

Yeah, but what do you have to lose

Just give it a go

Oh, fine, okay

Right, okay, here we go

Close your eyes and breathe with me

So

In two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, then

Hold two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, then

Out two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

Yeah, I know it's weird, but honestly it's going to work, so right, let's just do it

One more time

Okay

So, in two, three, four

I know this all sounds cliche

Hold two, three, four

But it works, what can I say

And out two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

Keep calm and carry on again

The world is a mess in more ways than one, but how can we fix it with our sanity gone

The reason everyone goes on and on about the importance of breathing is because

It's the first response cure for when your anxiety attacks and your fight or flight is triggered

The only difference is we're not cavemen anymore being chased by a saber-toothed tiger

So deep breathing, it convinces the brain to call off the attack

It sends signals to the body to put that adrenaline back

Because you can't run from your taxes

And crying like a toddler isn't going to get that essay handed in any sooner

So call me brave or call me weird, but just breathe with me

In two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

Hold two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

Out two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

Keep calm and carry on again

I am tossing, I'm turning, stomach is churning

Thoughts reoccurring, head will stop hurting

Heart will stop yearning, blood will stop burning

Yes I'm learning, yes we are learning

So when that elephant sits on your chest

Just gather your thoughts and try breathing instead

Mindfully notice the thoughts in your head

They just want attention, so put them to bed

Oh my god, that was really good. Can we do that again

Yeah, well I mean, we've got a whole album to get through, so should we do it again at the end

Yeah, so people can just like skip the scatty rappy bit and just put on a breathing track

That's a shout