Automatic
Brothermandude Lyrics

Look what you're doin' to me
The singer is expressing how the presence of the person they are addressing is affecting them

I'm utterly at your whim all of my defenses down
The singer is vulnerable to the person they are addressing and has no control over themselves when around that person

Your camera looks through me with it's X-ray visions
The person they are addressing has a powerful effect on the singer and can see through any attempts to hide their feelings

And all systems run aground
The singer's emotions are overwhelming them and they are unable to function normally

All I can manage to push from my lips
The singer is struggling to communicate their true feelings

Is a stream of absurdities
The singer's attempts at communication are nonsensical and meaningless

Every word I intended to speak
The singer is unable to express their true emotions and instead is saying whatever comes to mind

Winds up locked in the circuity
The singer's attempts at communication end up being interpreted in a robotic, automatic way

No way to control it, it's totally automatic
The singer has no control over their emotional response to the person they are addressing

Whenever you're around
The singer's emotional response is triggered by the presence of the person they are addressing

I'm walking blindfolded, completely automatic
The singer is blindly responding to their emotions, unable to control or rationalize them

All of my systems are down, down, down, down
The singer's emotions are completely overwhelming them and they are unable to function normally

What is this madness that makes my motor run
The singer is expressing confusion and disbelief at the intensity of their emotional response

My legs too weak to stand
The singer is physically affected by their emotions and is unable to control their body

I go from sadness to exhilaration
The singer's emotions are fluctuating rapidly between extreme sadness and excitement

Like a robot at your command
The singer is describing how they are responding to the person they are addressing in an automatic, robotic way

My hands perspire and shake like a leaf
The intensity of the singer's emotions is causing physical reactions in their body

Up and down goes my temperature
The singer's physical reactions to their emotions are causing fluctuations in their body temperature

I summon doctors to get some relief
The singer is expressing the severity of their emotional response by suggesting they need medical assistance

But they tell me there is no cure, they tell me
The singer is expressing hopelessness and despair at the intensity of their emotions

No way to control it, it's totally automatic
The singer is re-emphasizing their lack of control over their emotional response to the person they are addressing

Whenever you're around
The singer's emotions are triggered by the presence of the person they are addressing

Automatic, automatic, automatic, automatic
The singer reinforces the idea that their emotional response is automatic and robotic