I Need Control

Every time that I try to speak

It feels so calculated

If I say what I really mean

It’s like you see me naked

Not a word until I was 3

The doctors were elated

Thank God there was nothing wrong

And everything’s fine

Always on the edge of my seat

Never the right position

Check the doors are locked, 1, 2, 3

Flip on and off light switches

Something bad could happen to me

House will burn if I didn’t

Make sure that the stove was off

Now everything’s fine

I need control

I need control

What will I do if I lose my mind?

Hurt someone else, or myself

I’m terrified

These crazy thoughts, they won’t stop

Oh my

I feel the worst in me

Better tread carefully

I need control

Everybody please disappear

I’m feeling claustrophobic

Way past capacity in here

Hard to be easygoing

Suffocating’s my biggest fear

I can’t breathe in this clothing

Leave before something goes wrong

And everything fine

I need control

I need control

What will I do if I lose my mind?

Hurt someone else, or myself

I’m terrified

These crazy thoughts, they won’t stop

Oh my

I feel the worst in me

Better tread carefully

I need control

What will I do if I lose my mind?

Hurt someone else, or myself

I’m terrified

These crazy thoughts, they won’t stop

Oh my

I feel the worst in me

Better tread carefully

I need control

Make a mistake

I go insane

What can I say? I’m a perfectionist

Slave to my brain

Circle the drain

What can I say, get me a therapist

I need, I need, I need, I need

(Get me a therapist)

I need, I need, I need, I need

I need, I need, I need, I need

I need, I need, I need, I need

I need, I need, I need, I need

(Control)

I need, I need, I need, I need

I need, I need, I need, I need

I need, I need, I need, I need

I need, I need, I need

(Control)