Lyrics:

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

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

Like a beetle on its back
To go along with what
The belief that love is deep
In everyone's personality
I don't think we're saying
There's anything wrong with love
We just don't think that
What goes on between two people
Should be shrouded with 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