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It's In Everything

March 25, 2023
By Worm_on_a_string BRONZE, Chesapeake, Virginia
Worm_on_a_string BRONZE, Chesapeake, Virginia
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I have vices and addictions 

They’re not bottles or prescriptions 

You wouldn’t know them

I seldom show them


But there’s a high that I’ve been chasing

Advice and warnings that I’m wasting 

Burn it all

Then I fall


My thoughts on repeat, every little thing

It reminds me, bringing memories

Am I dying, I can’t feel my feet

It’s in everything, It’s in everything

Do you see me, walls are closing in

You can’t reach me, the air is getting thin

Your words eat me, the light is growing dim

It’s in everything, It’s in everything


I’m a fabricator and a farce

Leaving everyone in the dark

Can you tell it

The bloodhounds smell it


In the closet under a baseboard

Hiding things is all that I’m good for

It just comes natural

I’m rarely factual 


My thoughts on repeat, every little thing

It reminds me, bringing memories

Am I dying, I can’t feel my feet

It’s in everything, It’s in everything

Do you see me, walls are closing in

You can’t reach me, the air is getting thin

Your words eat me, the light is growing dim

It’s in everything, it’s in everything


Don’t overanalyze these lyrics 

I swear it doesn’t mean a thing

Cause I’m fine

I’m not lying 

This is just a song to sing


The author's comments:

This is a piece about anxiety, depression, and the burden of suppressing these thoughts, and it was written at a vulnerable moment in my life. The ending, "Don’t overanalyze these lyrics / I swear it doesn’t mean a thing / Cause I’m fine / I’m not lying / This is just a song to sing" represents how people sometimes reveal their hurt and immediately downplay what they've just said.


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