Lyrics of Beth Roars – Anxiety Society

Boots wear thin when the trenches are traversed too often
She sits down to catch her breath
She checks her pockets
Knife. Displayed but not used
Check

I’m veracious in my appetite, ferocious in my thoughts
I am empty
I drew lines in all the crosses, and I lived in all the knots
I am gone

I’m a product of environment, immodest to a fault
A commodity
I’m a woman; I’m a fighter; I’m too much; I’m a liar
I am cold

(Is this what you want from me?)
Anxiety
Keep up the play pretend
Is this the way we end?
(Is this what you want from me?)
Anxiety
Keep up the play pretend
(Got to play the game until the end)

Bang, it kicked me in the stomach and it held me at gunpoint
I am lifeless
I shouted from apartments; took up space, I raised a storm
I am void

I’m every single thing this world has told me I should be
I’m a nightmare
I’m a person; I am nothing; I am everything you want
I am wrong

(Is this what you want from me?)
Anxiety
Keep up the play pretend
Is this the way we end?
(Is this what you want from me?)
Anxiety
Keep up the play pretend
(Got to play the game until the end)

(You got to play the game, don’t stop
Bear the weight; you lift it up)
No one sees the cracks begin to form below the surface
(You got to play the game, don’t stop
Bear the weight; you lift it up)
No one sees the cracks begin to form beneath the ground

I’m tired of pretending, and I want to be enough
I’m a soul
Let go of all your burdens though I know you’ve had it tough
I am whole
I’m a soul

And even though the memory tastes so sweet
She wonders if, even then, she could hear the distant canons
Come on, get up. It doesn’t matter
If you stop, you won’t survive