Dancing with Depression - A1 (Suno changed some words)

Verse 1

Depression!
It has a name!
Depression!
It plays the game!

No steel doors closing,
No bars in sight,
But somehow I’m locked up
By Friday night.

I don’t hear the warden,
I don’t see the chain,
But I’m doing hard time
Inside of my brain.

Pre-Chorus

Oh, what a party!
What a beautiful mess!
Everybody’s smiling—
I’m cross dressing in distress!

Chorus

I’m dancing with depression,
Two steps to the left!
Spin around the living room,
And do what I do best!

Sleep, sleep, sleeping,
’Til the afternoon,
Dancing with depression
To a very gloomy tune!

Verse 2

My showers of reality
Turn darker every day,
I bark if you challenge me,
I bark if you stay.

Don’t ask me how I’m feeling,
Don’t ask me what’s wrong,
Just leave me in my cave awhile—
I’ll be happier miserable all alone!

I’m a grouch in a bathrobe,
A prince without a crown,
If happiness comes knocking,
I’m probably not around.

Chorus

I’m dancing with depression,
Two steps to the right!
I haven’t left the house today,
But boy, am I alright!

Sleep, sleep, sleeping,
That’s my big career,
I’ve got a PhD
In disappearing for a year!

Verse 3

Depression!
Invisible shackles!
Depression!
Handcuffs on my hands!

A frozen straight jacket,
A prison without walls,
A roller coaster nobody sees
Until somebody calls.

My moods are mercurial,
My forecast changes fast,
The only thing predictable
Is nothing ever lasts.

Bridge – almost ridiculously cheerful

Hey!
Look at me!
I’m having fun!

Hey!
Look at me!
I’m on the run!

From conversations!
From invitations!
From everybody’s
Lovely expectations!

Breakdown – music suddenly gets sparse

I don’t want to talk.
I don’t want to go out.
I don’t want to see anybody.
I don’t want to hear myself think.

I just want to sleep.
Sleep.
Sleep.
Sleep.

Then beat crashes back in

Final Chorus

I’m dancing with depression,
Everybody clap!
I’m doing my best impression
Of a functioning human sap!

I’m smiling for the photographs,
I’m laughing on cue,
While underneath the party
I’m trying to make it through.

I’m dancing with depression,
What a crazy little dance!
Some days I lead the music,
Some days it takes the chance.

Outro – cheerful, almost absurd

Depression!
It has a name!
Depression!
It knows my game!

No milkshake of happiness,
No cherry on my pie—
Just me and my depression
Doing the twist tonight!

Spoken, laughing slightly

“Anybody seen my motivation?”

Beat continues as he laughs

“Never mind.”