[Verse 1]
It stays alert
Hour after hour
Pixel pupils wide
Chewing through power
Day after day
Burning through fuel
Body on empty
Mind still cruel
Modern science
Gave it a name
Little cold label
For a wildfire brain (yeah)
[Chorus]
They call it chronic
But they don’t feel this
Jaw locked tight
Every thought so vicious
They call it chronic
Like it’s just a word
I call it living
On a tilted earth
They call it chronic
Write it in a file
I call it fight
Every single mile
[Verse 2]
Red eye, blue screen
Sunset, sunrise
Calendar pages
Curl at the sides
Coffee on coffee
Hands still shake
Heart on double
Sleep on break
Doctor says “rest”
Like it’s that easy (hah)
Try turnin’ off
What was wired to be needy
[Chorus]
They call it chronic
But they don’t feel this
Jaw locked tight
Every thought so vicious
They call it chronic
Like it’s just a word
I call it living
On a tilted earth
They call it chronic
Write it in a file
I call it fight
Every single mile
[Bridge]
Is it me or the label
Is it fate or a glitch
If I crash in the daylight
Will they call me a witch (woo)
If I stand, still shaking
But I stand anyway
Will they see something broken
Or a warrior awake
[Chorus]
They call it chronic
But they don’t feel this
Jaw locked tight
Every thought so vicious
They call it chronic
Like it’s just a word
I call it living
On a tilted earth
They call it chronic
Write it in a file
I call it fight
Every single mile