Quite unbelievably   I want someone to be sweet to me   When I am in absolutely horrible pain   Thank you for keeping this vigil, doctor   These infections are becoming quite popular   I never meant for it to turn out quite this way      An antidote’s been elusive   The specialist can’t deduce    If this isn’t curable   Now a disease defines me   My fever intensifies.    See, I get delusional      Some survive,   Some survive,   Some survive   Because of the way that they walk   Because of the look in their eyes   (Look in their eyes)      “Almost everybody has, has snail fever,”   The doctor whispered in my ear,   “Some get treated, feel better. Some don’t.   The cause is still unclear   We are unable to treat you here.”   Unwilling patients with treatments    They suddenly discontinue   Dangerous infections    Are sneaking into superficial wounds      Some escape    With their lives   Some survive    Because of the way that they walk   Because of the look in their eyes   (Look in their eyes)      Scratch an existing wound, open an old one   It’s extraordinarily hard    Succumbing bone-by bone, bone and bowel, heart-in-hand   This diseases pervades us all   It can therefore manifest anywhere, in anyone, at any moment      Dr. Bernstein, Bernstein      Quite unbelievably   I want someone to be sweet to me   When I am in absolutely horrible pain