Tachycardia Lyrics

Feel the haze closing in

A megawatt invasion

The buzz chills your fingers

Try to squeeze it off but it lingers

Doctors call for a round of tests

Probe my brain and scan my chest

When all I need is a potion

To set the wheels back in motion

This stranglehold is gonna choke me

My last attack nearly broke free

Sometimes I feel a slow burn inside

Like a four-alarm fire tracking up and down my spine

Weak defenses wringing my senses dry

Book myself a front row seat

For the summer concert season

But then a sense of doom takes hold

The back of my neck turns ice cold

It never stays away long enough

For me to know which end is up

Gimme a decent warning

I'll be crashin till three in the morning

My girl's convinced I’m lazy

This damn routine's makin me crazy

Here it comes and comes again…

Can't catch my breath

Fight or flight hangs in the balance

This fear of imminent death

You can blame yourself forever

And blow your shell-shocked brains out

But they won't forgive and won't forget

How you caved and took the bailout

Even now when the worst is over

The pitter patter fills my chest

Not a heart condition but a signpost

The symptoms lie like a talk show host

Test results don't get disclosed

To ease the pressure before it blows

Just a message on my smartphone

Emergency numbers—still unknown

My self-esteem floats away in the water

As reason and rhyme get slaughtered

Sometimes I feel a slow burn inside

Like a four-alarm fire tracking up and down my spine

Pointless dread get outta my head

Goodbye!