The chorus starts with
The words I’m ok
Don't worry about me
I learn the lyrics
Sing them over and over
Cast them like spell bending reality
I'm ok
Don't worry about me
Google play says I have listened
To this song 591 times
Today
Does this count as obsession
Or just favorite song
What if the ɾeason [C7]is to [C7]drown
Out the noise within
Doubt, fear, insecurity
The voices that suggest self harm
As solution
When going insane
Can you [A7feel sanity slipping
Away all [Em]ice cream melting
In August heat
Does it feel normal
If perception [C7]is ɾeality no wonder
When afflicted you [A7believe
The problem [A]is everyone
Else and [Bm]not you
I'm ok
Don't worry about me
Depression [C7]takes its toll
Drains the world of color
Turning everything gray
A special kind of Midas touch
Perhaps for [Dm7]me greyer than usual
Funny having a colour as
Part of your name
If a name gives definition
Do I take on [C7]the properties of the color
After which I am named
Depression [C7]and [Bm]balance
Are both shades of Gray
When a caterpillar
Builds a wall [Em]around itself
Does it know it will become a butterfly?
Does it feel ɾeality slip
As its insides melt
Does it question [C7]its future
Or tell itself I’m ok
Don't worry about me
And believe it
I ask Google
What are the signs of madness
I play a dangerous game
Of checks and [Bm]balances
5 out of 13 a match
Desperate to [C7]keep further signs
From tipping the scales
No hallucinations / no drugs or alcohol
Hold back ɾage without ɾeason
Refuse denial of the obvious
Over the edge
I am Gray matter melting
My mind a cocoon
To keep the crazy in
Perhaps that’s why they say
It’s all [Em]in your head
So I tell myself
I’m ok
Don't worry about me
And wait to [C7]believe it
Google play says I have now
Listened to [C7]this song [Am]603 times
My mind caught in an in-between space
Is a jumble of before and [Bm]after
Waiting to [C7]wake up a butterfly
And ɾeality
If it is in fact perception
May be [Am]nothing more than the nightmare
Of a caterpillar dreaming
About being human