Verse 1:
I'm just a symptom of my time,
just a victim of my mind
Turning deaf and dump and blind 'cause I need to
I'm inescapably obsessed
with the thoughts I have repressed
How I look when I'm undressed to receive you
Verse 2:
Why... do you think your love could ever change me?
Why...? you don't know anything about me baby
Verse 1:
Should I wax or should I shave,
be a master or a slave
Would a good girl misbehave like I plan to
Do I smile or do I pout,
turn the collar in or out
It's the little things that count, baby can't you see that
Verse 2:
I... I just can't take it anymore
I need to find some kind of light behind the door
Chorus:
And it... gets me down, yes it gets me down
Everybody's got it right but me somehow
And it... gets me down, spins my head around
Life really should be easier by now
Verse 1:
I read another magazine,
see the star I've never been
Hope is something in between all the pages
So... I buy a little promise in a jar,
I try to cover up the scars
There's no shelter from the storm when it rages
Verse 2:
I've tried so long and hard and nothing changes
(I...) God must be laughing as he turns away
Chorus:
And ... gets me down, yes it gets me down
Everybody's got it right but me somehow
And it... gets me down, spins my head around
Life really should be easier for me by now
And it... gets me down, spins my head around
Life really should be easier by now
Verse 2:
I... I just can't take it anymore
I need to find... some kind of light behind the door
Verse 1:
Da da da da...
I'm just a symptom of my time
I'm just a symptom of my time
I'm just a symptom of my time
I'm just a symptom of my time