Sometimes I feel really glad    Looking back at the fun we've had    But sometimes I want so much more    Than this tug of war    I'm longing for    Swinging scenes in magazines    They're just distant dreams now       Some say it feels really bad    When those vicious tongues, begin to wag    But somehow all those paper lies    Just anaesthetise the passers by    The faceless clowns that put me down    Don't bring me down       I'm lost inside this brain drain    Taking me over    Somehow, I get to play the fame game    Lost inside this brain drain    I used to long for       A call to action, a strange attraction       Somehow I'm not ready for    Feeling bored and wanting more    The radio plays like a uniform    And dips you brains in chloroform    They're so concerned    The spoken word    Seems so absurd       I'm lost inside this brain drain    Taking me over    Somehow, I get to play the fame game    Lost inside this brain drain    I used to long for       A call to action, a strange attraction    It's never the way it goes    Just in time, too late to know       I've realised    I'm lost inside    I'm mesmerised    I'm lost inside this brain drain    Taking me over    Somehow, I get to play the fame game    Lost inside this brain drain    I used to long for