If I seem a little jittery I can't restrain myself
I'm falling into fancy fragments
can't contain myself
I gotta breakdown, breakdown, yeah
I gotta breakdown, breakdown, yeah
I can stand austerity but it gets a little much
When there's all these livid things
that you never get to touch
Feels my brain's like porridge coming outta my ears
And I was expecting reverie
Taken leave of my senses and I'm in arrears
My legs buckle over, I'm living on my knees
I gotta breakdown, yeah
You gimme breakdown, yeah
I'm gonna breakdown, yeah--uh-huh
Whatever makes me tick
it takes away my concentration
Sets my hands trembling, gives me frustration
Breakdown, yeah
I hear that two is company,
for me it's plenty trouble
Though my double thoughts are clearer
now that I am seeing double
Breakdown, yeah
Oh, mum can I grow outta
what's a little too big for me
I'm gonna give up that ghost
before it gives up me
I wander loaded as a crowd
a nowhere wolf of pain
Living next to nothing but my nevermind remains
I gotta breakdown, yeah
I'm gonna breakdown, yeah
You gimme breakdown, yeah
I'm falling into fancy fragments
can't contain myself
I gotta breakdown, breakdown, yeah
When there's all these livid things
that you never get to touch
And I was expecting reverie
Taken leave of my senses and I'm in arrears
My legs buckle over, I'm living on my knees
You gimme breakdown, yeah
I'm gonna breakdown, yeah--uh-huh
it takes away my concentration
Sets my hands trembling, gives me frustration
Breakdown, yeah
for me it's plenty trouble
Though my double thoughts are clearer
now that I am seeing double
Breakdown, yeah
what's a little too big for me
I'm gonna give up that ghost
before it gives up me
I wander loaded as a crowd
a nowhere wolf of pain
Living next to nothing but my nevermind remains
I gotta breakdown, yeah
I'm gonna breakdown, yeah
You gimme breakdown, yeah
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how can no one have commented on this song, its fucking amazing
'Feels my brain's like porridge coming out of my ears' is such a great line, one of the best ever. I love the groove of this song, and the brilliant though extremely simplistic riffage.
Yeah, it is - this comment is months too late - but yes, it is f*cking amazing.
Love this song. An early punk classic! Love the effect/ strumming on the guitar is hypnotic. So this is a cover (as stated at the end of the lyrics)... I never knew.