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)