He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
You can look, but you can't touch
I don't think I like you much
Heaven knows what a girl can do
Heaven knows what you've got to prove
I think I'm paranoid
And complicated
I think I'm paranoid
Manipulated
Bend me, break me
Any way you need me
All I want is you
Bend me, break me
Breaking down is easy
All I want is you
I fall down just to give you a thrill
Prop me up with another pill
If I should fail, if I should fold
I nailed my faith to the sticking pole
I think I'm paranoid
Manipulated
I think I'm paranoid
And complicated
Bend me, break me
Any way you need me
All I want is you
Bend me, break me
Breaking down is easy
All I want is you
Ahhh
I think I'm paranoid
Bend me, break me
Any way you need me
All I want is you
Bend me, break me
Breaking down is easy
All I want is you
Steal me, deal me
Any way you heal me
Maim me, take me
You can never change me
Love me, like me
Go ahead and fight me
Please me, tease me
Go ahead and leave me
Bend me, break me
Any way you need me
As long as I want you, baby
It's alright
Bend me, break me
Any way you need me
As long as I want you, baby
It's alright
I don't think I like you much
Heaven knows what a girl can do
Heaven knows what you've got to prove
I think I'm paranoid
And complicated
I think I'm paranoid
Manipulated
Bend me, break me
Any way you need me
All I want is you
Bend me, break me
Breaking down is easy
All I want is you
I fall down just to give you a thrill
Prop me up with another pill
If I should fail, if I should fold
I nailed my faith to the sticking pole
I think I'm paranoid
Manipulated
I think I'm paranoid
And complicated
Bend me, break me
Any way you need me
All I want is you
Bend me, break me
Breaking down is easy
All I want is you
Ahhh
I think I'm paranoid
Bend me, break me
Any way you need me
All I want is you
Bend me, break me
Breaking down is easy
All I want is you
Steal me, deal me
Any way you heal me
Maim me, take me
You can never change me
Love me, like me
Go ahead and fight me
Please me, tease me
Go ahead and leave me
Bend me, break me
Any way you need me
As long as I want you, baby
It's alright
Bend me, break me
Any way you need me
As long as I want you, baby
It's alright
Lyrics submitted by sawg, edited by DodgerFuckYou
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I always thought it was "manipulated", not "manipulate it". Contextually, "manipulated" makes far more sense.
@mr13lcky It was. The lyrics that "sawg" put in were completely screwed up all over the place. A gorilla beating the keyboard against a banyan tree would probably have been more accurate and literate.