Screams from the screen keep blaring loud
Papers piled high like malfunctioning machinery
Deadlines chase me down every dark alley
Sweat drips from the buzz of broken radiators
Bookshelf crumbling dust to dust
Eyes burning holes through lines and lines
The clock's a traitor speeding up the hours
Sleep a distant memory a fabricated lie
Lost in circuits fried by stress
Pushing buttons tearing minds apart
Anxiety the ghost in sleepless nights
Scratching at the walls of my hollow heart
Hollow heart
Numbers swallowing me whole no escape
Formulas and theories drown my scattered thoughts
Every pulse a ticking time bomb ready to blow
Silent screams no one hears my plea
Libraries turning into haunted catacombs
Gasping for air in this academic tomb
Pressure like iron chains dragging me below
Grades like barcodes tattooing my soul
Lost in circuits fried by stress
Pushing buttons tearing minds apart
Anxiety the ghost in sleepless nights
Scratching at the walls of my hollow heart
Hollow heart