[Verse 1: Ross Farrar]
"How will we survive?," they continue to ask
No one ever does, no one ever does
There's so much grief in breaking for bread

[Chorus 1: Ross Farrar]
Hysteria, hysteria
Hysteria, hysteria, all we've ever known
Hysteria, hysteria
Hysteria, hysteria, all we've ever known

[Verse 2: Ross Farrar]
No birth without blood
No confusion without us
The book of nightmares carries the moan
Our bodies in a war knot tightening

[Chorus 2: Ross Farrar]
Hysteria, hysteria
Hysteria, hysteria, all we've ever known
Hysteria, hysteria
Hysteria, hysteria, all we've ever known

[Interlude: Anthony Anzaldo & Andy Nelson]
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
[Chorus 3: Ross Farrar, Anthony Anzaldo & Andy Nelson]
Hysteria, hysteria (Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)
Hysteria, hysteria (Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)
Hysteria, hysteria (Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh oh)
Hysteria, hysteria, all we've ever known (Oh, oh-oh-oh)