Lyrics
Dear depression, do you think that you can stop me?
Addressing depression, expressing determination to overcome its influence
I know the answer, but I see you getting cocky
Acknowledging awareness of depression's tactics and its overconfidence
I've seen you win this battle numerous times
Recognizing past struggles with depression
But you ain't ever gonna take a life that's rightfully mine
Asserting the right to one's own life, resisting depression's control
I understand
Acknowledging an understanding of depression's intentions
That your intention is to infiltrate my mind
Acknowledging depression's attempt to infiltrate the mind
And plant these little seeds of doubt that grow into a massive vine
Describing doubt as seeds planted by depression
That wrap around my head until I can't get loose
Depicting the entanglement of doubt that is hard to escape
You started doing this already so you cannot lose
Noting depression's ongoing efforts and its perceived invincibility
At least you think
Questioning depression's perception of control
But who's the one that's in control everything
Reflecting on the true controller of oneself
That has to with I how I function
Connecting control with personal functioning
Right, that's me
Affirming personal agency over mental processes
See I have grown an understanding of the things you do
Expressing understanding of depression's actions
You're a part of me, but not me
Affirming a distinction between oneself and depression
So I cannot lose
Claiming resilience and the inability to lose to depression
Yeah we gone be alright
Optimism about overcoming depression
Just give it some time
Encouraging patience for improvement
The more that we fight this fight
Highlighting the correlation between resistance and depression's decline
The more that depression dies
Emphasizing the diminishing impact of depression through perseverance
I'm a product of an illness I was born with
Attributing one's condition to a congenital illness
My momma has anxiety and that's what I was formed in
Linking personal struggles to a family history of anxiety
I tried to live a life that I was constantly ignoring
Admitting avoidance of acknowledging mental health truth
The truth about my mental state but that wasn't rewarding
Recognizing the lack of reward in denying mental health reality
The way that facing up to it is
Reflecting on the difficulty of facing mental health truths
And understanding that it's not a shameful thing to admit
Emphasizing the importance of admitting mental health struggles
I'm not okay sometimes
Openly acknowledging moments of not being okay
And that sometimes is a bit
Recognizing the occasional daunting nature of struggles
Daunting
Describing the unsettling nature of certain moments
And at times it makes feel like a kid
Feeling childlike vulnerability in challenging times
The way that I create imaginary scenarios in my head
Creating imaginary scenarios and fearing them excessively
And fear them to the point that it gives me an existential dread
Experiencing existential dread due to imagined fears
That's greater than the fears that I have grounded in reality
Highlighting anxiety's impact on perceived fears
But that's just what it's like to be living in your anxiety (damn)
Accepting the reality of living with anxiety
We gone be alright
Reiterating optimism and confidence in overcoming challenges
Just give it some time
Encouraging patience for positive change
The more that we fight this fight
Stressing the connection between resistance and anxiety's decline
The more that anxiety dies
Highlighting the weakening impact of anxiety through persistence
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