“Anxiety” is the lead single and opening track of Preoccupations' second LP, “Preoccupations.” It is the first record they’ve released since changing their name from “Viet Cong.”
[Verse 1]
With a sense of urgency and unease
Second-guessing just about everything
Recollections of a nightmare
So cryptic and incomprehensible
[Chorus]
Encompassing
Anxiety
[Verse 2]
No control, no compensation
A jaded need for some astonishment
It's a blunt humiliation
Not at risk of being overconfident
[Chorus]
Encompassing
Anxiety
[Bridge]
I'm spinning in a vacuum
Deteriorating to great acclaim
Everybody's fallen by the wayside
Nowhere near to finding better ways to be
I'm not here purely for the sake
Of breathing, I am wide awake
Excuse my efforts for today
[Chorus]
All-encompassing
Anxiety
[Outro]
I'm spinning in a vacuum
Deteriorating to great acclaim
Help has fallen by the wayside
Nowhere near to finding better ways to be
I'm not here purely for the sake
Of breathing, I am wide awake
Excuse my efforts for today
Anxiety was written by Daniel Christiansen & Mike Wallace & Scott Munro & Matt Flegel & Preoccupations.
Anxiety was produced by Graham Walsh & Scott Munro & Matt Flegel.
Preoccupations released Anxiety on Mon Jun 13 2016.
Matt Flegel described this song as, “Anxiety is changing as a band,” on their bandcamp.