Tick and a tock
Grandfather clock
Time has passed
I'm still swinging, swinging
Sickening thoughts, of
Going back farther, stop!
Time has passed
I'm still swinging, swinging
From, right to left
And left to right, I'm
Crying, then hands
Set to rights, and my
Timekeeping's off
Then it rights, so that
I can't rest even at night
So I'm up when the moon's out
Living tough, cogs rust
When my mood's down
Swinging much
Chiming out
It gets too loud
Hours numbered til
My mood's out of tune now
Back and forth my feelings change
Ever shifting, never the same
Swing regular but strange
Like a pendulum, pendulum
When my depression hits
It bruises
Spells doom
When my mood flips
When my mood swings
It's abusive
I'm fighting with myself
And I'm losing
Yeah, don't encroach upon this
Emotional rollercoasters, folks that
Are close know
If I'm provoked I'm gon' flip
I hope, fold, then I grow
Close to controlling it
I get combative
And a little frantic
Then I tend to snap
Like abracadabra
As if it was magic
Then I get in a panic
Thinking I have hurt
Family members in a manic fit
I haven't
But feel like I did the damage
I just want to be elated
When I do things
But I'm brooding over
These mood swings
Here's a metaphor;
My mood soars, then it falls
Like someone amputated
My mood's wings
Back and forth my feelings change
Ever shifting, never the same
Swing regular but strange
Like a pendulum, pendulum
Why is it so hard
To remember who you are
When you fall, when you stumble
When you're searching in the dark?
I am flying, then I drown
I am sinking to the ground
Up and down, spin around
All the sound it pulls
And pushes me and
Back and forth my feelings change
Ever shifting, never the same
Swing regular but strange
Like a pendulum, pendulum
Feelings, tearing me apart
Remember who you are
And then I move too far
Like a pendulum, pendulum