"Tick, Tick, Tick"

It's like a ringing in my mind
Always there just to remind
And it just won't let me be
It makes me clench my teeth

Does this burden have relief?
Or is this my tailored grief?
Is it ever gonna go,
Will it stop or even slow?

[chorus]
Who set the record on repeat?
The skipping always hangs on just one beat
It goes tick, tick, tick
And it makes me sick
That I can't make myself get over it
It goes tick, tick, tick
I'm so over it

Can't hear the world now
When the sound just drowns it out
Forgive me if I seem distracted
It's just the rest of me reacting

To the click, click, click of the background track
It goes tick, tick, tick, it's all out of whack
And can I center myself again?
Or is this the beginning of the end?

[chorus]
Who set the record on repeat?
The skipping always hangs on just one beat
It goes tick, tick, tick
And it makes me sick
That I can't make myself get over it
It goes tick, tick, tick
I'm so over it

I'm so over it
Will it ever quit
Or like a crippling fear
Am I doomed to sit
And accept the circumstance
When control gets overruled by chance

[chorus]
Who set the record on repeat?
The skipping always hangs on that single beat
It goes tick, tick, tick
And it makes me sick
That I can't make myself get over it
It goes tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, tick
Just like it's in my head
I'll make you hear it