Anxiety

Hello darkness my old friend 
It seems you'll be here until the end 
For even on our brightest day 
You can't simply be kept at bay 

I feel you crawl beneath my skin
It feels just like a gentle sin
The hollow ache inside my chest 
That doesn't leave even at my best 

It seems you know my every step 
I feel as though I haven't slept 
For even when you go away 
I know you're always here to stay 

My hands they shake 
My bones they ache 
While I fight in the dark 
Its already left it's mark

I watch the world around me turn 
While everything inside me burns 
Everyone looks on as if I'm fine 
While I simply walk the line 

Anxiety is a cruel dark beast 
It finds your fears and then it feasts 
It makes you shutter to your soul 
It wants to have you consumed whole 

Sure you can try to keep it at bay 
But what in turn will you have to pay 
For a little bit of peace 
Surly soon it will release the beast 

But you don't fight it every day 
You see it never turns your way 
So how exactly do you say 
You know the torment of the day 

You see the smile that hides it all 
But not the shudder when darkness falls 
You see me act with grace and class 
But you can't see it's a wise act 

For it has been here all along 
This time it just sings a new song 
The darkness never leaves the light 
Everyday it's the same fight