Men at Work - Helpless Automaton
Time: 1:29
I went to the man, I told him a robot is what I am
But he just smiled, said I was a fractious child
"Distrusted, not rusted," that's why I feel so disgusted
fractious
given to disagreement or irritation
Heard in 8 songs (2.7M+ combined views) — most famously in "Helpless Automaton" by Men at Work.
Updated September 26, 2026
Songs Featuring “fractious”
Orden Ogan - Vampire In Ghost Town
Time: 2:37
I think her thoughts, steered by her silent voice
A fractious force that leaves me without choice
I'll take the blame without reserve, and night by night and day by day
Frank Turner - Plain Sailing Weather
Time: 1:01
And now I've fucked up every
Things got fractious and I felt faithless
At that moment just before the dawn when everything falls apart
Esben and the Witch - Warpath
Time: 1:12
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This fractious fever is fervent
With feelings of extinction
Of Montreal - Enemy Gene
Time: 0:32
Everything's half apart, what can it mean?
How can I trust my fractious heart
Knowing I have the enemy gene?
The Army, The Navy - Rascal
Time: 2:03
I reprimand
It was fine, it was fractious
But we had it, we had it
Wilko Wilkes - You Can't Stop Time
Time: 1:39
I'm broken and bothered bogged down bombarded with news
I'm feeling feeble facetious and fractious frying my fuse
Like Anthony Costa I've got a case of the blues
Tired of Fighting - Branches
Time: 2:10
Are built on chances
They're out of our control Abandoned, feral and fractious Blissfully entangled, we like to lose control
And so it goes, how it often goes
