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Anxiety

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Jason Isbell

Lead Vocals

Amanda Shires

Fiddle

Chad Gamble

Drums

Jimbo Hart

Bass Guitar

Sadler Vaden

Electric Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Amanda Shires

Songwriter

Jason Isbell

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Dave Cobb

Producer

Pete Lyman

Mastering Engineer

Gena Johnson

Assistant Engineer

Matt Ross-Spang

Matt Ross-Spang

Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me?

I'm out here living in a fantasy

I can't enjoy a goddamn thing

Anxiety, why am I never where I'm supposed to be?

Even with my lover sleepin' close to me

I'm wide awake and I'm in pain

[Verse 2]

Watchin' the sunrise slice through the blinds

Dust in the room hovers over my eyes

I kneel in silence

Wife and child still sleepin' deep enough to dream

I know I'm a lucky man today

But so afraid that time will take it all from me

[Verse 3]

Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me?

I'm out here living in a fantasy

I can't enjoy a goddamn thing

Anxiety, why am I never where I'm supposed to be?

Here with my lover sleepin' close to me

I'm wide awake and I'm in pain

[Verse 4]

It's the weight of the world but it's nothing at all

I'm light as a prayer and then I feel myself fall

You gotta give me a minute

'Cause I'm way down in it

And I can't breathe so I can't speak

I wanna be strong and steady always ready

Now I feel so small, I feel so weak

[Verse 5]

Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me?

I'm out here living in a fantasy

I can't enjoy a goddamn thing

Anxiety, why am I never where I'm supposed to be?

Even with my lover sleepin' close to me

I'm wide awake and I'm in pain

[Verse 6]

A crowded room is a burning battlefield

If I don't move I'll come undone

My heart beats hard an ember striking steel

Where I walk now'd be a waiting room

[Verse 7]

Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me?

I should be living in a fantasy

I can't enjoy a goddamn thing

Anxiety, how am I never where I'm supposed to be?

Even with my lover sleepin' close to me

I'm wide awake and I'm in pain

I'm wide awake and I'm in pain

I'm wide awake and I'm in pain

Written by: Amanda Shires, Jason Isbell

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