Neurotic Geek

There is this damned neurotic geek

Who follows me around.
And twists the words I try to speak
Before I make a sound

He’s based, I’m sure, in some big house

Where Gods compose the scripts
Deciding who’s man. Who is mouse
And whose mind’s going to flip.

He’s like a label round my neck

That only I see there.
But which, at paranoia’s beck
Glows red while people stare.

Should I get chatting with a girl

He sneaks up from behind
And lets her - and the listening world
Know just what’s on my mind.

When chances in my life arise

Where confidence succeeds,
He mirrors me with fearful eyes
And paints a man in need.

One day I tried to catch him slack

And punch him till he’d gone.
The problem is, he hit me back
So now the Big Fight’s on.