Track #3 - Anxiety Bomb

Recorded - 

Basic Track - June 10, 25 and July 5, 8, 2014
Vocals - October 22, 2014
Additional Lead Guitar and Mouth Harp - October 29, 2014

Backstory - 

"Anxiety Bomb" is, along with "Ennui", one of two songs on Long Way From Home, that are remakes/reworkings of songs that I had originally recorded, and left off, of Turn Back The Years. However, both of these songs are far from being "Filler" or "Oldies but Mouldies". Rather, they were songs that initially didn't turn out like I wanted to, and I always wanted to remake them closer to my original visions.

"Anxiety Bomb" goes as back as far as the early/mid 2000's, when I was just starting to tinker with song ideas. By 2009, I has given this song a title, "Jail n' Bail" and recorded a version for Turn Back The Years. The song ended up just barely not making the cut as I felt the performance lacked punch, and the lyrics were too impersonal. Despite this, I loved the music and structure of the song, and didn't want it to go to waste. Five years later, I finally managed to re-write the lyrics to be more personal, and recorded a totally new and punchier version of the song. So finally after over a decade, I feel this song complete.

Lyrics - 

Every day begins so calm, before the triggers come along. 
Sneaking up to take me down, to run me straight into the ground.
I can't help it, they make me feel, strung out and undone.
Like a high-rise elevator plunging down, I've gone from 100-1.

Chorus: Stay away, before I detonate, cause you're gonna get caught in the blast.
I think I'm contagious and I'm so outrageous, watch out, I'm coming down fast.
So watch out now, go run and hide, don't let yourself get taken by the bomb.

What should be utterly meaningless, has become a red alert.
What could be mostly harmless, has high potential to hurt.
What used to be carefree, needs a push to get along.
What once was over in a flash, has stayed for far too long.

(Chorus)

Stay away for your own sake, to you this is no concern.
Anxiety's made me combustible, and I'm about to burn.

(Chorus)