The Inner Wheel - Paul Draper

I’m only half a turn away

I need to think my way out of this

Is medication the answer

Or is ignorance bliss?

A diagnosis of anxiety and stress

The inner wheel is turning

Changing gear in my head

Cycling over and over

With the memories I retain

To lose them is my aim

To stop the inner wheel

And learn to live again

It was a stitch up and a hoax

That led me to behaving like this

If medication’s no answer

Then is ignorance bliss?

A diagnosis of my apathy instead

The inner wheel stops turning

Just a temporary blip

Cycling over and over

With the memories I retain

To lose them is my aim

To stop the inner wheel

And learn to live again

Trying to figure this all out

Cycling through the thoughts endlessy

Is medication the answer

Or is ignorance bliss?

A diagnosis of anxiety and stress

The inner wheel is turning

Changing gear in my head

Cycle over and over

With the memories I retain

To lose them is my aim

To stop the inner wheel

And learn to live again

With the memories I retain

To lose them is my aim

To stop the inner wheel

And learn to live again

If medication’s no answer

Then is ignorance bliss?

A diagnosis of my apathy instead

The inner wheel stops turning

Took a temporary blip

Cycle over and over

With the memories I retain

To lose them is my aim

To stop the inner wheel

And learn to live again

With the memories I retain

To lose them is my aim

To stop the inner wheel

And learn to live again

I’m only half a turn away

My outlook is fucked

But I don’t worry too much

When I’m on the bench at the end of the street

I couldn’t think of no words

So this might be absurd

But it’s just the bench at the end of my street

The needles not stuck

I just got took for a mug

So, I’m on the bench at the end of my street

And I don’t give a damn

Cos it was only a scam

So, I’m on the bench at the end of my street

My outlook is fucked

But I don’t worry too much

When I’m on the bench at the end of my street

I couldn’t think of no words

So this might be absurd

But it’s just the bench at the end of my street