Anxiety Lyrics

It starts as a whisper a chill through my bones

A flicker in shadows cutting deep as stone

Then it rises like floodwaters climbing too fast

I'm drowning in silence haunted by my past

Heart's a sledgehammer pounding raw in my chest

Every breath is a struggle every step's a test

They see a calm ocean but I'm caught in the tide

Screaming for rescue but it's buried inside

And I've built my castle on walls of sand

Pretend strength in a kingdom I barely command

I'm a soldier in armor that's starting to crack

Fighting battles unseen but I can't turn back

Anxiety's a ghost it slips through my veins

A thief in the night feeding off my pain

It's fire and ice a war in my skin

Crawling inside me tearing within

They say "Get over it" like I've got a choice

But they don't hear the screaming they don't hear my voice

Anxiety's a knife that cuts where none can see

Bleeding in silence breaking silently

I'm trapped in a mirror with fractured glass

Seeing myself through a lens of the past

Thoughts spiral tighter locked in their spin

Caged by a fear that's festering within

They tell me "man up" like fear's a game

Like I can flip a switch make it go tame

But this isn't weakness this isn't shame

It's a ghost that haunts me calls my name

I'm the master of masks a king of disguise

But inside it's chaos a storm that won't die

They see my bravado they see me stand tall

But they don't know I'm bracing for the fall

Anxiety's a ghost it slips through my veins

A thief in the night feeding off my pain

It's fire and ice a war in my skin

Crawling inside me tearing within

They say "Get over it" like I've got a choice

But they don't hear the screaming they don't hear my voice

Anxiety's a knife that cuts where none can see

Bleeding in silence breaking silently

It's chains that bind yet leave no bruise

A prison without walls a fight I never choose

I'm choking on air drowning in light

In a room full of people still alone in the fight

Every glance feels heavy like they see my scars

But they look right through never knowing the bars

My mind's a battlefield scarred and worn

Where every thought's a landmine twisted and torn

Anxiety's a ghost it slips through my veins

A thief in the night feeding off my pain

It's fire and ice a war in my skin

Crawling inside me tearing within

They say "Get over it" like I've got a choice

But they don't hear the screaming they don't hear my voice

Anxiety's a knife that cuts where none can see

Bleeding in silence breaking silently

So here's to the broken the fighters in chains

The ones who know darkness and live with the pain

We wear our masks we wear our pride

Fighting a battle we can't confide

One step forward even if it's slow

We carry the weight but refuse to let go

Anxiety's real but so are we

And this war's our own even if they can't see