claustrophobia

fear of enclosed spaces; a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space

Heard in 15 songs (5.1M+ combined views) — most famously in "Holidays in the Sun" by Sex Pistols.

Updated August 27, 2026

Songs Featuring “claustrophobia

Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun

Time: 2:27

I'm gonna go over the Berlin Wall

Claustrophobia, there's too much paranoia

There's too many closets, oh, when will we fall?

Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun

Naïka - Layers [Live Acoustic]

Time: 0:25

I hate the boxes, they suffocate me

Big claustrophobia, it's not simple

It's never simple, ah

Naïka - Layers [Live Acoustic]

Björk - Crystalline

Time: 0:51

(Crystalline)

I conquer claustrophobia

(Crystalline)

Björk - Crystalline

Steve Lacy - nice shoes / in your world

Time: 1:29

Even when I clear my head to make room

Still feel claustrophobia, I can't move

Can you make it stop?

Steve Lacy - nice shoes / in your world

King Krule - From the Swamp

Time: 0:17

It's informing claustrophobia

You've been waiting for the end of the line

King Krule - From the Swamp

3OH!3 - Claustrophobia

Time: 0:43

The focus is gone

Claustrophobia

The walls are slowly closing in

3OH!3 - Claustrophobia

Manic Street Preachers - Condemned to Rock N' Roll

Time: 1:38

No innocent exit when hope dies

And claustrophobia buys my mind

I ran to breathe contagious lies

Manic Street Preachers - Condemned to Rock N' Roll

The Afghan Whigs - What Jail Is Like

Time: 0:22

An animal

The claustrophobia begins

You think I'm scared of girls

The Afghan Whigs - What Jail Is Like

Chimaira - Warpath

Time: 0:56

I just know I'm going to go insane

The feeling of claustrophobia setting in

So now I'm on the warpath

Chimaira - Warpath

Madison Cunningham - In From Japan

Time: 0:17

To level the pressure

And the claustrophobia

It comes and goes

Madison Cunningham - In From Japan

YG - INSECURE

Time: 1:44

Gotta be peaceful 'cause mentally, I've been in a war

I'm insecure with claustrophobia, walls closin' in

Wrote a song and it felt like me and God holdin' hands

YG - INSECURE

Foghat - Too Late the Hero

Time: 1:50

Train broke down and we were stuck in the dark.

Subway tunnel claustrophobia, best suit, wrinkled and damp,

Finally when I crawled up to her door, she said, "Goodbye chump!"

Foghat - Too Late the Hero

redhorse - headphones

Time: 0:33

When the culture runs deep

Claustrophobia kicks in

And I'm left tryna break this fucking ceiling

redhorse - headphones

Credic - The Margins of Your Faith

Time: 1:55

A panic room so haunting in your chest

Ventricular claustrophobia

How long can you keep repressed

Credic - The Margins of Your Faith

Asher Postman - Clear My Head

Time: 0:30

It's gonna be synonymous with clearing your head to some people

Creating space helps that claustrophobia feeling from within

I focus

Asher Postman - Clear My Head