[Chorus 1]
I've spent many a night lying on my back
Waiting for the dawn to pierce and crack
And the ceiling hanging from the sky
And I envied the boy who grabbed the toy
And ran away and found a joy
While I stood in the shadows wondering why

[Pre-Chorus]
Flying towards me, wrapped in laughter
A woman's face, the terrible taste
Of the morning after kisses and goodbyes
I could never seem to catch my footsteps
Have desires, they fly away
And every day I've got to fight the plague
Come on, hear me now!

[Chorus]
(La, la-la la-la) Ooh, yeah
(La, la-la la-la) I got the plague
(La, la-la la-la la-la)

[Verse 2]
How can I sleep in hours like this (La, la-la la-la)
When anguish tracks me like a fist? (La, la-la la-la)
My nakedness exposed and I can't stand (La, la-la la-la la-la)
Still I try to remember lips on lips (La, la-la la-la)
And hips on the hips and ice on fire (La, la-la la-la)
And gloom and glow, when did they leave the man? (La, la-la la-la la-la)
[Pre-Chorus]
In the river of the night I see
A face that shimmers down at me
But, like a fallen star, burns itself out
Like a dead leaf scrapes the gravel ground
My voice cries out in a gravelled sound
But no one's there to hear me but the plague
Go on, baby!

[Chorus]
(La, la-la la-la) Ooh, yeah
(La, la-la la-la) Got the plague
(La, la-la la-la la-la)
(La, la-la la-la) Ooh
(La, la-la la-la) Can't ya hear me?
(La, la-la la-la la-la) Got the plague

[Outro]
Straining hard to see
Running after me
I keep pounding, pounding on the door
But it's all so vague
When you meet the plague
And I keep coming—I keep coming back for more
La, la-la la-la
La, la-la la-la
La, la-la la-la la-la
La, la-la la-la
La-la la-la
Laa-ah