Under the Doctor
Resisting Conformity: Escaping Pain's Grip
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You can try hard work, you can try making money
You can attempt to find relief through hard work and effort.
You can try to make success
Trying to achieve success may be another avenue to alleviate problems.
You can try strong drink, take to acting funny
Using alcohol and unconventional behavior might be a coping strategy.
Or try some liberated sex
Engaging in liberated or unconventional sexual experiences as a form of escape.
Try overeating, get a new job
Experimenting with overeating or changing jobs as potential solutions.
Have another baby
Having another baby could be seen as a way to find meaning or purpose.
Maybe you're an artist, lead a revolution
Considering oneself as an artist or leading a revolution for change.
Take up yoga or just go crazy
Suggesting the possibility of taking up yoga or embracing eccentricity.
Trancendental meditation, try a new diet,
Exploring transcendental meditation or adopting a new diet for well-being.
Go to discos, start again.
Attending discos or starting afresh as potential paths to happiness.
Try religion, write a novel.
Trying religion or expressing oneself through writing a novel.
Buy some makeup, take up jogging
Considering the use of makeup or engaging in jogging for self-improvement.
Or just blame it all on the men...
Blaming life's challenges on men or external factors.
What I'm trying to say
Emphasizing the need for inner strength to face life's challenges.
Is you gotta be strong
Highlighting the importance of resilience and toughness.
Cos nothing takes the pain away
Stating that nothing provides lasting relief from pain.
For long
Recognizing the temporary nature of coping mechanisms.
I don't want to go under
Expressing a desire to avoid falling into a state of dependency or submission.
Under the doctor
Refusing to succumb to external influences or control.
Under under under under under
Repetition for emphasis on resisting being under someone's control.
And when it gets real heavy, and you start getting stroppy
Anticipating challenging times and the administration of drugs for coping.
They'll deal you out some mighty fine dope
Listing specific drugs (Librium, Mogodon, Thorazine, Valium) used for relief.
Librium, Mogodon, Thorazine, Valium
Noting the absence of a pill named "Hope" for genuine emotional solace.
They haven't got a pill called Hope
Addressing the historical mistreatment of women through medical procedures.
Thousands of us women have been cut down by lobotomy
Referring to lobotomy as a metaphor for oppressive actions against women.
Terrorized by ECT
Mentioning the use of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) as a form of intimidation.
Bullied into passivity, seduced into servility
Describing women being coerced into passivity and servility.
I'm talking about you and me
Identifying with the collective experience of women facing societal pressures.
What I'm trying to say
Reiterating the need for inner strength in the face of adversity.
Is you gotta be strong
Emphasizing resilience and endurance as essential qualities.
Cos nothing takes the pain away
Acknowledging the temporary relief offered by various coping mechanisms.
For long
Recognizing the transitory nature of solutions to pain.
And I don't want to go under
Reaffirming the rejection of becoming submissive or dependent.
Under the doctor
Repeating the resistance to being under someone's control.
Under under under under under
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