Nervous System Songtext
von Candi Carpenter

I have a nervous system
I have a nervous system

I lie to my doctor about how much I drink and smoke
Sitting in an office surrounded by inspirational quotes
He asks about my income and level of education
In the middle ages they used to do this thing called trepanation

A procedure where the surgeon drills a hole into your skull
To let the evil spirits out and take the pressure off
The precursor to lobotomy before neurobiology
My eyes dart around anxiously (AHHHH)

I have a nervous system (hey hey)
I′m nervous all the time
I'm a lot like Hannibal
I′m just a cannibal
Eating myself alive (hey hey)
I have a nervous system
A nervous system (hey)


They say that life's a party but I've always hated parties
I imagine a car wreck every time I touch my car keys
I don′t want to go anywhere I′m a temperamental houseplant
Dehydrated full of hatred cat hair on my sweatpants

And when I check the captcha box that says I'm not a robot
I′m lying to myself and I'm lying to my laptop
I don′t want to hand this down I'm afraid to reproduce
I wonder if Sigmund Freud turned into his dad too

I have a nervous system (hey hey)
I′m nervous all the time
I'm a lot like Hannibal
I'm just a cannibal
Eating myself alive (hey hey)
I have a nervous system
A nervous system (hey)

I′m just a parietal, occipital, temporal and frontal lobe
Cerebellum, lizard brainstem, pons and diencephalon
All these cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, spinal nerves
Peripheral, somatic, autonomic, these are fancy words


For my nervous system (hey hey)
I′m sorry it's not more organized
It′s business as usual
I'm biting my cuticles
Literally eating myself alive (hey hey)
I have a nervous system (hey hey)
I′m nervous all the time
I'm a lot like Hannibal
I′m just a cannibal
Eating myself alive (hey hey)
I have a nervous system (hey hey)
An unsympathetic nervous system (hey hey)
I have a nervous system (hey hey)
A nervous system