[Verse 1]
A
I lie to my doctor about how much I drink and smoke
C#
Sitting in an office surrounded by, inspirational quotes
D
He asks about my income, and level of education
E
In the middle ages they used to do, this thing called trepanation
[Verse 2]
A
A procedure where the surgeon, drills a hole into your skull
C#
To let the evil spirits out, and take the pressure off
D
The precursor to lobotomy, before neurobiology
E
My eyes dart around anxiously
[Chorus]
A D
I have a nervous system
E D
I’m nervous all the time
A
I’m a lot like Hannibal
D
I’m just a cannibal
E D
Eating myself alive
A D
I have a nervous system
E D
A nervous system
[Verse 3]
A
They say that life’s a party, but I’ve always hated parties
C#
I imagine a car wreck, every time I touch my car keys
D
I don’t want to Go anywhere, I’m a temperamental houseplant
E
Dehydrated full of hatred, cat hair on my sweat pants
[Verse 4]
A
And when I check the CAPTCH box, It says I’m not a robot
C#
I’m lying to myself, and I’m lying to my laptop
D
I don’t wanna hand this down, I’m afraid to reproduce
E
I wonder if Sigmund Freud turned into his dad too
[Chorus]
A D
I have a nervous system
E D
I’m nervous all the time
A
I’m a lot like Hannibal
D
I’m just a cannibal
E D
Eating myself alive
A D
I have a nervous system
E D
A nervous system
[Bridge]
A
I’m just a parietal, occipital, temporal, and frontal lobe
C#
Cerebellum, lizard brainstem, pons and diencephalon
D
All these cervical thoracic lumbal sacral spinal nerves
E
Peripheral, somatic, autonomic… these are fancy words
[Chorus 2]
A D
For my nervous system
* E D
I’m sorry it’s not more organised
A D
It’s business as usual, I’m biting my cuticles
E D
Literally eating myself alive
[Chorus 3]
A D
I have a nervous system
E D
I’m nervous all the time
A
I’m a lot like Hannibal
D
I’m just a cannibal
E D
Eating myself alive
A D
I have a nervous system
E D
A sympathetic nervous system
[Outro]
A D
I have a nervous system
E D
A nervous system