Dan Israel - "Social Distance Anxiety Disorder" - album lyrics!

1.  WIT'S END

I'm pretty much at my wit's end, 

I don't know if I can do it again,

I tried to go, but I missed then, 

Every shot I had at figuring out when

Giving up all my time, going out of my mind, 

for what then?
I'm, gonna climb, out of this pen

Never felt like I belonged,

Always somehow a bit outside,

Looking in through the window,

At the party, I guess I take pride

Solitary removed, 

In my separation from the rest,

I, only wanted, to do my best

Always drifting lonely,

Spent my days in bed,

Seems like it's the only,

Way to deal with my head,

Only nighttime eases,

Anxiety and dread,

So much I need to try to do,

Before I'm dead

I'm pretty much at my wit's end,

Gone all over, and I came back here,

Nothing much seems to change,

Get discouraged, the first sign of fear,

I admit, I'm aware, 

I admit, 'cause I'm scared,

What do you suggest?
I only wish I could be,

happy like the rest

Gave everyone a pep talk,

Forgot to save one for myself,

What's the reason I give it?

Never take some for my own health,

I'm probably doing fine, could be so much worse,

But that's not how,

People, really think, and I'm stuck here in now

Always foggy dreaming,

High above the clouds,

Messing with your brain, 

But you should be proud,

Hard to see the forest,

For the popple trees,

Hard not just to bore us,

You do it with ease

I'm pretty much at my wit's end

I'm pretty much at my wit's end

2.  BEWILDERED

I don't know what I'm supposed to do with my life,

I did everything they told me, and I did it twice,

No one listens to a fucking thing I say or do,

Would anybody miss me, or would they say "cool"?

I've been sitting here alone for so long I could sleep,

Don't have anything productive to do with my week,

Living an artist's life, it ain't for everyone,

I don't know if it's for me, but it should still be fun

And it's a long, way, to wherever,

Wherever it is, I'm bound,

Don't know why, I'm so, bewildered,

I'm just trying to get back to that feel and sound

I don't know what to do,

Out in this cold and ice,

I did everything forever, 

And I did it twice,

I might hole up in my basement,

for a couple of years,

Not answer any emails,

Not cry any tears

I've been thinking about the reasons,

That I wanna give,

I think something is the matter,

With the way we live,

Spend our lives,
Hunched over a computer screen,

It's just bound to make us nervous,

Maybe make us mean

And it's a long, way, to redemption,

When you're stuck in a tunnel of disregard,

Don't know why I'm so bewildered,

I'm just trying to get back to that old front yard

I've been sitting here forever and I'm making my move,

Gonna do what I gotta do, to get through,

I'm going out, and I'm driving all around the town,

Gonna play my guitar, and I'm gonna sit down,

In the street, I'm gonna shout, I'm gonna, be a fool,

You can spare me your rejection when you say that it's cool,

I don't need all your half-hearted, phony praise,

'cause it's all gonna turn around, one of these days

It's all gonna turn around one of these days

It's all gonna turn around one of these days....

3.  BUSTIN' OUT

There, comes a time you can't go on, all you believed in is gone, and you been simply betrayed,

There, comes a time, in everyone's life, when it feels like a murderer's knife, 

For too long, you took them throwing shade

All, them troubles gonna pass, you'll be the one standing last,

So I'm busting out, never was in doubt, though it took a bit too long,

Gonna have my day, finally have my say, though some wanna prove me wrong,

I guess time will tell, if it's just my hell, or if it's universal truth,

Now I'm busting out, what I was about, no one seemed to get but you, no one seemed to get but you

There comes a time, when no one else, except you believe in yourself, 

It's a thin, thin reed to grasp

Out on the sea with no one there, you're not even sure that you care,

If you can swim out to the raft

Here is the time for which you wait, whatever you do, you'd better celebrate

Now I'm busting out, even with no clout,

Even if I'm just reviled

Gonna take a swing, see what I can bring, see if I can make 'em smile,

I held on so long, now that hope is gone, 

But it's so good to be free,

Now I'm busting out, gonna sing and shout, find a way to just be me

I-I-I'm busting out

I-I-I'm busting out

I-I-I'm busting out

I-I-I'm busting out

4.  DON'T THINK THEY'LL SAY

You never know where the, 

next hit's coming from,

You know that it will finally land

They didn't believe you then,

Some don't believe you now, 

Might be too late when they understand

Well I, I've seen evil comin,

Over the horizon, I ain't been this scared in years,

We've seen this all before, one foot gets in the door,

Next thing you know, there's only tears, 

Well I, oh lord I do declare,

This rot is everywhere, Not sure if time is running out,

Don't have to be this way, when you look back to this day,

Don't think they'll say I was too loud

Well uh, time flies gone away,

So you look at yesterday, so you can learn your history,

Well this, hate is a running theme, even though some had a dream,

we're still stuck here with bigotry

Well you, say I make too much noise,

But I see how some destroy, 

Just with their words they fan the flame

Well it, ain't too hard to see,

I know it ain't just me,

Maybe it's time to name some names

Oh lord I do believe, can't just sit here and grieve,

Gonna raise my voice against the crowd,

When it's all said and done,

When we are forced to run,

Don't think they'll say I was too loud

Don't think they'll say I was too loud

Don't think they'll say I was too loud

Don't think they'll say I was too loud

5.  TRYING FOR A LONG TIME

I've been trying to explain it for a long time,

I, don't know what I need and I can't find,

Need, some way of explaining,

My mind, just needs some retraining,

Tell you about, this thing that I want and I can't find, long long time

Long long time

I've been trying to be liberated for a long time,

I had a little clarity and then it slipped by,

There, just for a brief moment, 

There was no need to be troubled,

Wanted to hold on and imprint it for a long time,

Long long time, long long time

I can't win, can't seem to spin it,

Any way around habitual prose,

I can't see it, no, can't believe it,

Can't talk about it in a way that anyone knows,

It was there, I would swear, even if nothing,

ever came from glimpsing the divine,

I could see the mystery but I lost sight of whatever it was, 

That made me feel so fine,

Whatever it was, that made me feel so fine, long long time,

Long long time

I've, been trying to explain it for a long time,

I've, been trying to explain it for a long time,

I've, been trying to explain it for a long time,

I've, been trying to explain it for a long time,

Long long time, long long time, long long ti-ime....

Long long time, long long time, long long ti-ime....

Long long time, long long time, long long ti-ime....

Ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah

Been trying to explain it for a long time....

6.  GUESS IT'S TIME/EVERYONE

I guess it's time I started just to live,

To take each moment and give back what I can give,

I've just been frittering away my days,

You check the mirror, you're turning gray,

I still believe, I got something to say

I guess it's time to act, not to only think,

Sometimes it's all too hard, and you start to sink,

I've just been looking for a sign, 

But now it's taking up too much time,

Had just about enough of the starting line

I guess it's time, once and all, for eternity,

To do what I was meant to, unhesitantly,

so fuck this shit, I'm gonna ride,

it's tearing out my whole insides,

I guess it's time, 'cause time ain't on my side

(transition to other half of song)

Waiting on my life, and I'm getting nowhere,

I could make it bright, if I make it change,

Looking at the world, I don't think it's hopeless,

Everybody's feeling it, a little strange

Everyone's a little bit overburdened,

Everyone's had too much to take,
Everyone is primed to draw the curtains,

They got nothing left to clutch or fake

How to do it, how to get through it,

Don't know what to do,

What's the matter? Our bones scatter, time runs over you,

Time runs over you

Everyone here's a little bit bombarded,

Insanity's standing right at our door,

Everyone here's a little desensitized to,

callousness, hate and greed and war

What we doing?  Who we fooling?  What will make it right?
What're we trying?  To put off dying?  Gotta put up a fight

Gotta put up a fight, 

Gotta put up a fight....

7.  LITTLE BIT OF YOUR LOVE

I wish you could see me, wish you could believe me, I ain't gonna do you harm,

Now I think you know me, you don't gotta show me, you can simply take my arm

Make another record, reputation's checkered, it precedes me all too much,

Show you I'm for real now, show you how I feel now, 

Wanna feel your heat and your touch

Baby won't you give me a little bit of your love, of your love?

Don't take much to please me, any little bit is enough, is enough

You play hard to get now, wanna make a bet now, 

Not sure if I'll wait around,
Picking up my message, please don't think I'm desperate,

only you can hear this sound

Feelings there that haunt you, you know that I want you,

Now I find it hard to sleep,

Seeing you in red now, you're stuck in my head now,

I know you ain't mine to keep

Baby won't you give me a little bit of your love, of your love,

Don't take much to please me, any little bit is enough, is enough

(bridge)
Everybody's telling me, what I should think and do,

They don't understand, they're repelling me,

No one seems to get it, maybe you do

Baby won't you give me a little bit of your love, of your love?

Don't take much to please me, any little bit is enough, is enough

Baby won't you give me a little bit of your love, of your love?

Don't take much to please me, any little bit is enough, is enough

Is enough, is enough, is enough, is enough....

8.  SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN

They're giving me subscriptions, for madness therapy,

I need a new prescription, one that maybe gives a little clarity

Doctor doctor, I give in, my whole life's against the grain,

The agony is beyond description,

How about something for the pain?

They showed me a graph, showed me a chart,

said "this is how, the problems start"

Well I can't shake this refrain,

how about something for the pain?

I've been medicated, it's still the same old me,

I'm sitting here, agitated, do we all got the same disease?

Well you got all the answers,

Except the one, I really need

I'm sick and tired, of taking chances, 

Maybe you'd believe me if you saw me bleed, 

Another day, another restriction,

Meanwhile I can't control my brain,

I'll tell you anything, truth or fiction, 

Anything to stop this hurricane,

They push, meditation,

But I can't seem to unwind,

Letting go of your frustration,

I ain't too good at natural peace of mind

I ain't too good at natural peace of mind, alright!

(coda)
All in, insane,

Street driving, to ease the strain,

It don't help to complain,

How about something for the pain?
Breathing in, breathing out again,

It don't stop this pouring rain,

I'm looking 'round, for an aeroplane,

How about something for the pain?
How about something for the pain?

9.  VISION IN MY DREAMS

I need to warm up my soul, it's dark and chilly, oh so cold,

It's time I felt the distant sun, Might just have to get up and run

I need to move down this road, I can't read these lines in code, 

Figure out what I'm gonna be, realize deep inside I'm free

Go where my heart leads, plant some trees from new seeds,

Get back to my roots and my history, Get back to the vision in my dreams

Get back to the vision in my dreams

Feels like I'm locked out of joy, Don't get a break from money or new toys,

Tired of loneliness and pain, time for me to start over again

The lines that once were boldly drawn, now they just lead me somewhere wrong,

Life's been slipping through my hands, I need to make myself a second chance

Go off into beyond, where my troubles all are gone, 

Get back to the way that it once seemed,

Get back to the vision in my dreams

Get back to the vision in my dreams