Cowardly Paranoid

I cannot quiet down the fear in me A fear of all the world surrounding me Afraid that something awful may occur Too weak and far too timid for this life I worry over every minor thing I check and recheck everything I do Until at last my shaking mind is still Yet even then the anxious echo stays I fear it all, from agony to crowds From pain itself to speaking face to face I'm swallowed by an endless tide of dread It has no end, and I can’t bear the weight I live my days inside a constant dread I am a weak and miserable soul A coward hunted by paranoia An ever-anxious, sleepless paranoid I fear it all, from agony to crowds From pain itself to speaking face to face I'm swallowed by an endless tide of dread It has no end, and I can’t bear the weight