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Worry

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This track began as a response to Stevie Wonder's seminal tune 'Don't you worry bout a thing', and then took on a life of it's own.

The lyrics are made up, in part, of the poem 'Can I panic now?', from the Archetypical book.

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LYRICS:

This old, familiar thing,
with it's chest pounding sting,
infiltrates my mind,
gets under my skin.

It gets into my pores,
inflates my head size thrice.
Makes my heart beat
outside my body. Jesus Christ!

Makes me feel woozy.
Makes me feel ill.
Because I lack
the requisite skill.

To handle people
that I don't know.
To Act responsible
to put on a show.


Like I'm a grown up,
and now you've shown up,



I worry,
about everything.
I worry ,
about anything.

I worry,
and I do it all the time.
I worry,
now I'm doing it in rhyme.

I worry,
and I worry all day long.
I worry,
and I worry in this song.

I worry. (x4)

I worry about
worrying about
worrying about
worrying about
worrying.



And I can't meet your eye,
and I feel like
I'm gonna die.

I'm letting my neurosis
get the better of me,
I'm bordering on psychosis.
You're freaked out by me.

Well drink some
chamomile tea!
And stop thinking
about 'me, me, me'.

For five seconds,
get out your fucking head,
and take a breath,
and stop being deaf

to what others are wanting
and needing.
They don't need you
hyperventilating

Clammy and sweating,
in the fucking corner.
Grow the fuck up, mate
You're not in a sauna.


For fuck's sake,
don't let trust in you
become a mistake.

Because you can't
handle people
that you don't know.

Mate, take a breath.
Take it slow.



Well, I worry,
about the president.
and I worry,
for the immigrant.
and I worry,
about the place we'll leave behind.
and I worry,
for the safety of our minds.

and I worry,
about the kids we'll leaving.
and I worry,
for all the bullshit we're believing.
I worry,
and I can't fucking stop.
I worry,
and I always will, until I fucking drop

I worry!

I worry.

I worry.

Yeah, I worry.

I worry about
worrying about
worrying about
worrying about
worrying. (X4)

I worry. (X7)

I worry,
about everything.
I worry,
about anything.

I worry,
and I do it all the time.
I worry,
and now I'm doing it in rhyme.

I worry,
that I will never be enough.
I worry,
that I'm just made of the wrong stuff.
I worry,
that this will get much worse.
I worry,
That I will never shift this curse.

I worry.

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released January 6, 2018
Music and Lyrics: Donnelly, J.

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Abbrev is a tall creature than can be seen huddled around small glowing screen, nodding its head to hypnotic beats and synthesised waveforms.

Abbrev writes and produces it's tracks single​-hande​dly.

Abbrev likes the basic, yet strange sounds. Abbrev's tracks all seem to start one way and end another. Abbrev likes to experiment and likes to write and record within a week. ... more

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