Album: Harder Than It Looks
Songwriters: Travis Clark, Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau
Additional collaboration: Brian Howes, Pierre Bouvier, Jason “JVP” Van Poederooyen (production)
Length: 3:29
“This song was written with Chuck and I, and we also invited Travis Clark from We the Kings. We were inspired by twenty one pilots’ stuff and ended up going with more of a modern take on reggae. The song is talking about anxiety—mental health is no longer taboo, and I think that’s awesome, because when you’re going through that stuff, it feels embarrassing. We want to help make that conversation more accepted. It should be treated like an injury—when you break your arm, you go to the hospital, you put a cast on, you listen to the doctor. But when your head’s broken, people don’t always do that, and I think it’s important to treat it that way.”
– Pierre Bouvier [Apple Music]-
Get away, get away, get away, get away
Get away from me
Anxiety, anxiety
I’m just another tragic case of
The only one I was missing out
Comparisons I can’t escape from
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh)
I wish I was someone else instead
‘Cause it all just brings me down
All of these expectations
Are shaking up my sanity
I’m getting so tired of faking now
It’s all so much that I can’t breathe
Thеre must be something wrong with mе
Reality is killing me
It’s giving me, anxiety
Get away from me
Anxiety, anxiety
Get away, get away, get away, get away
Get away from me
Anxiety, anxiety
It’s everywhere, it’s all around me
I try to sleep but I’m wide awake
‘Cause every dream is filled with envy
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh)
I wish I was someone else instead
‘Cause it all just brings me down
All of these expectations
Are shaking up my sanity
I’m getting so tired of faking now
It’s all so much that I can’t breathe
There must be something wrong with me
Reality is killing me
It’s giving me, anxiety
Get away from me
Anxiety, anxiety
Get away, get away, get away, get away
Get away from me
Anxiety, anxiety
Don’t ever, don’t ever look back
Turn everything, everything off
Don’t ever, don’t ever look back
Don’t ever, don’t ever look back (Don’t ever look back)
Let’s turn everything, everything off (Turn everything off)
Don’t ever, don’t ever look back
‘Cause it all just brings me down
All of these expectations
Are shaking up my sanity
I’m getting so tired of faking now
It’s all so much that I can’t breathe
There must be something wrong with me
Reality is killing me
It’s giving me, anxiety
Get away from me
Anxiety, anxiety
Get away, get away, get away, get away
Get away from me
Anxiety, anxiety
