Diagnoses

by Kae Tempest

From the album: Self Titled

Duration: 2:53

Self Titled cover art

Lyrics for Diagnoses

Me and you and our diagnoses, a perfect match in a bag of explosives Catch of the day in a toxic ocean Nothing wrong with us, just the world is broken Two tokens short of the roller coaster Ancient conditions, but brand new solutions In the old days, they'd be doing ablutions I'd be a prophet and you'd be a seer or you'd be a healer I'd be a freak runaway with the circus and We'd meet after work for a barrel of beer Yeah Me and you and our diagnoses, all cozied up but it's hard to focus Me and you and our trauma flashbacks, relaxing at home with a Horlicks backpack stuffed full of my dysphoria, your dyspraxia Off exploring, panic attacks to get The heart rate up, good cardiovascular We'll get back to you after a short psychotic episode If I even leave the house, I'll forget to close the door I'll forget what I went out for and come Back with a random object to a four Quetiapine, Lamotrigine, Fluoxetine, you wash it down with Listerine I've never felt so at home since methylphenidate and testosterone C-PTSD, ADHD, OCD and PMDD, anxious attachment TBI But it's the world that's sick, baby, we're all right C-PTSD, ADHD, anxiety, bipolar, addiction, neuro Divergence, I'd be more worried if we weren't disturbed We got our own alphabet, big bunch of letters between you and I It's the right response to a world gone Wrong and we're getting on just fine Me and you and our diagnoses, out for A wander, it's coffee and oat milk The posher the roastery, the more you want it 'cause You came from nothing and you're out for the summit So we go hard, but it's softly, softly and We're so scarred, but it's not a problem There's a lot of good reasons to stop what we're Doing, but my disassociation means I've forgotten Overwhelmed and over-diagnosed and over-exposed, I suppose, with all These letters we're dragging around It's lucky I turned that MBE down We just take it day by day, staying doesn't mean you never Wanna run away, it means you weather it, whether it's pleasure Every minute or a bit of hard graft, dig in, hold fast C-PTSD, ADHD, OCD and PMDD, anxious attachment TBI It's the world that's sick, baby, we're all right C-PTSD, ADHD, anxiety, bipolar, addiction, neuro Divergence, I'd be more worried if we weren't disturbed

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