Woke up this morning, desperation AM

What I've been saying, won't say them again

My head's not empty, it's full with my brain

The thoughts I'm thinking, like piss down a drain

Love crops up quite a lot as something to sing about

'Cause most groups make most of their songs about falling in love

Or how happy they are to be in love

You occasionally wonder why these groups do sing about it all the time

Piss down a drain

And I feel like a beetle on its back

And there's no way for me to get up

Love'll get you like a case of anthrax

And that's something I don't want to catch

It's because these groups think there's something very special about it

Either that, or else it's because everybody else sings about it and always has

You know, to burst into song, you have to be inspired

And nothing inspires quite like love

Ought to control what I do to my mind

Nothing in there but sunshades for the blind

Only yesterday, I said to myself

The things I'm doing aren't good for my health

These groups and singers think that

They appeal to everyone by singing about love, because apparently

Everyone has, or can, love – I said to myself

Or so they would have you believe, anyway

But these groups – like a beetle on its back

And I feel like a beetle on its back

And there's no way for me to get up

Love'll get you like a case of anthrax

And that's something I don't want to catch

Go along with popular belief that love is deep in everyone's personality

I don't think we're saying there's anything wrong with love

I just don't think that what goes on between two people should be

Shrouded in mystery

Love'll get you like a case of anthrax

And that's something I don't want to catch

Love'll get you like a case of anthrax

And that's something I don't want to catch