Anxiety – English Lyrics

• By: Julia Michaels, Selena Gomez
• Album: Inner Monologue Part 1

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

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My friends, they wanna take me to the movies

I tell 'em to fuck off, I'm holding hands with my depression

And right when I think I've overcome it

Anxiety starts kicking in to teach that shit a lesson

Oh, I try my best just to be social

I make all these plans with friends and hope they call and cancel

Then I overthink about the things I’m missing

Now I'm wishing I was with 'em

Feel like I'm always apologizing for feeling

Like I'm out of my mind when I'm doing just fine

And my exes'll say that I'm hard to deal with

And I admit it, yeah

But all my friends, they don't know what it's like, what it's like

They don't understand why I can't sleep through the night

I've been told that I could take something to fix it

Damn, I wish it, I wish it was that simple, ah

All my friends they don't know what it's like, what it's like

Always wanted to be one of those people in the room

That says something and everyone puts their hand up

Like, "If you're sad, put your hand up

If you hate someone, put your hand up

If you're scared, put your hand up"

Feel like I'm always apologizing for feeling

Like I'm out of my mind when I'm doing just fine

And my exes will say that I'm hard to deal with

And I admit it, it's true

But all my friends, they don't know what it's like, what it's like

They don't understand why I can't sleep through the night

And I thought that I could take something to fix it

Damn, I wish it, I wish it was that simple, ah

All my friends they don't know what it's like, what it's like

I got all these thoughts, running through my mind

All the damn time and I can't seem to shut it off

I think I'm doing fine most of the time

I think that I'm alright, but I can't seem to shut it off

I got all these thoughts, running through my mind

All the damn time and I can't seem to shut it off

I think I'm doing fine most of the time

I say that I'm alright, but I can't seem to shut it off

Shut it, shut it, yeah

But all my friends, they don't know what it's like, what it's like

They don't understand why I can't sleep through the night

I've been told that I could take something to fix it

Damn, I wish it, I wish it was that simple, ah

All my friends they don't know what it's like, what it's like

Li-i-i-i-ike

What it's like, what it's like

Hmm-mm-mm, mmm

What it's like

I love this song

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Key Grammar Structures

• I tell 'em to fuck off, I'm holding hands with my depression

  ➔ Contraction ('em)

  ➔ The word 'em is a contraction of 'them', commonly used in informal speech.

• And right when I think I've overcome it

  ➔ Present perfect (have overcome)

  ➔ The present perfect 'have overcome' is used to describe an action that occurred in the past but has results that are relevant in the present.

• I make all these plans with friends and hope they call and cancel

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (hope they call and cancel)

  ➔ The subjunctive mood in 'hope they call and cancel' expresses a wish or desire, indicating uncertainty or improbability.

• Feel like I'm always apologizing for feeling

  ➔ Present continuous for repeated actions (am always apologizing)

  ➔ The present continuous 'am always apologizing' is used to describe an action that is repeated over time.

• But all my friends, they don't know what it's like

  ➔ Emphasis with 'do' in negative sentences (don't know)

  ➔ The use of 'do' in 'don't know' adds emphasis to the negative statement, making it stronger.

• I've been told that I could take something to fix it

  ➔ Present perfect passive (have been told)

  ➔ The present perfect passive 'have been told' indicates an action that was done to the subject in the past, with results relevant in the present.

• I got all these thoughts, running through my mind

  ➔ Present participle as adjective (running through)

  ➔ The present participle 'running through' is used as an adjective to describe the noun 'thoughts'.

• I think that I'm alright, but I can't seem to shut it off

  ➔ Modal verb for possibility (can't seem to)

  ➔ The modal verb 'can't seem to' is used to express possibility or inability in a situation.