You are killin' me Mouth is movin' but I cannot hear you speak Life's a tragedy Go on livin' in a world not for the weak Keep your dreams inside your heart Never let the pressure tear you apart Truth is whispered on a breath Loud enough to cover the smell of death Never thought too important to mention Livin' with the birth, the birth of tension Never thought too important to mention Livin' with the tension, tension, tension Don't you understand Too much tension, snap Then you lose your grip Too many demands Start at birth, snap From the womb you're ripped Leave your dreams inside behind Never had a reason that you'll never find Tension builds another way Gonna make you all go away Never thought too important to mention Livin' with the birth, the birth of tension Never thought too important to mention Livin' with the tension, tension, tension Too much tension, all around Too much tension, bring you down All the pressures in the narrow mind All the reasons you'll never find Did you kill your father? Sleep with your mother? Idolize your sister? Were you jealous of your brother? Did ya kick the dog? Were you beat with a strap? Were you really abused? Were you fakin' all that? Too tense You are killin' me Many ways so little time to think Life's catastrophe Glass empty and I really need a drink Movin' all so very quick Movin' so fast that its gets me sick Let me outta here Livin' ain't livin' with the tension and the fear Never thought too important to mention Livin' with the birth, the birth of tension Never thought too important to mention Livin' with the tension, tension, tension