Paranoid is a cover of the popular Black Sabbath song of the same name. It is the first song since the Red Album to feature someone other than Rivers Cuomo singing lead vocals.
[Verse 1]
Finished with my woman, 'cause she couldn't help me
With my mind
People think I'm insane because I am frowning
All the time
All day long, I think of things, but nothing seems
To satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something
To pacify
[Bridge]
Can you help me
Occupy my brain?
Oh, yeah!
[Verse 2]
I need someone to show me the things in life
That I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness
I must be blind
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh
And I will cry
Happiness, I cannot feel and love, to me
Is so unreal
And so, as you hear these words telling you now
Of my state
I tell you to enjoy life, I wish I could
But it's too late
Paranoid was written by Geezer Butler & Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne & Bill Ward.
Paranoid was produced by Patrick Wilson & Mark Rankin.
From the Editor’s Notes on the Teal Album’s iTunes page, Rivers Cuomo detailed the song:
On our tour last summer with the Pixies, I’d get to the end of the set and we were ending with ‘Say It Ain’t So’ and there was this incredible feeling of emotion. The set was over and we just played this kinda...