Haven't Been Doing So Well - Frank Turner

It’s a day with a Y in it, so obviously I’m over it

I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired

And I’ve tried not to worry, and I’ve tried being sorry

For being born in the wrong place at the wrong time

'Cause I’ve been messed up, stressed out, talking to myself again

Locked up, left out, terrified of everything

Wound up, found out, waiting round for something to give

Don’t you ever wake up and suspect

That you were simply never cut out to be

The kind of person they expect

The person you intended to be?

And I keep it all in with my idiot grin

And I’m doing my best, but there’s very little left

So cut me some slack if I crawl back into my shell

I haven’t been doing so well

I haven’t been doing so well

I got a brand new name for an old, old friend

The doctor said it’s «anxiety»

And it makes a lot of sense 'cause I’ve been so tense

Some days I find it difficult to see

'Cause I’ve been hemmed in, penned down, struggling to find myself

Caved in, cut down, scared of everybody else

Dragged in, dragged down, searching for a reason to live

Don’t you ever wake up and suspect

That you were simply never cut out to be

The kind of person they expect

The person you intended to be?

And I keep it all in with my idiot grin

And I’m doing my best, but there’s very little left

So cut me some slack if I crawl back into my shell

I haven’t been doing so well

Couldn’t you tell?

If self loathing was a sport, I’d be Muhammad Ali

'Cause I can sting like a butterfly and sink like a bee

But they don’t hand out medals to monsters like me

Oh well

I haven’t been doing so well

Maybe I could do with some help

I haven’t been doing so well

Maybe I could do with some help

'Cause every day I wake up and suspect

That I was simply never cut out to be

The kind of person they expect

The person I intended to be

'Cause I’m not Joe Strummer, not Muhammad Ali

Not a teacher, not a builder, just uncomfortable me

And maybe, just maybe, I’ll admit that I could use a little help

I haven’t been doing so well