is this all I am good for?

(album: Complex - 2019)

Everyday I wake up
And measure the skin around my waist
Is this all I am good for?
Is this all I am good for?

Every night before I go to bed
I look in the mirror and I say
Is this all I am good for?
Is this all I am good for?

You have a soft spot for my soft spots
Confer some softness upon my hard mind
I wish to be present, my desire deters that
I have a thirst and maybe no one can quench it
I watched Nick Cave's long legs
And their steps stoked my anxieties
I will never be a swannish dark man
With an ever-darkening voice
I am bright and awful, garish and young
And trying to be coarse and dexterous
And something I'm not

Keep it low
Keep it low
Keep it low
I just go
I just go
I just go
I just go
I just go
I just go
I just go
I just go

And everyday I wake up
And measure the skin around my waist
Is this all I am good for?
Is this all I am good for?

Every night I go to bed
And imagine the way that you would taste
If I knew what I was good for
If I knew what I was good for

I know (I know, I know, I know)
You say that I'm crazy
But I cannot help it
I've been inculcated
My strengths are conflated
With dross and self-hatred
Despite all your statements
Despite your complaisance

I was an athlete before I had legs
And a brain to go with it before I could sense
Because that was what was expected of me
Be the child the world will give their money
And the love I learned not to trust
All I do now is measure up

Everyday I wake up
And measure the skin around my waist
Is this all I am good for?
Is this all I am good for?

Every night before I go to bed
I look in the mirror and I say
Do I know what I am good for?
Do I know what I am good for?

Everyday I wake up
And measure the skin around my waist
Is this all I am good for?
(Is this all I am good for?)
Is this all I am good for?
(Is this all I am good for?)

Every night before I go to bed
I wonder if I will change
Will I know what I'm good for?
(Will I know what I'm good for?)
Will I know what I'm good for?
(Will I know what I'm good for?)
Will I know...

You have a soft spot for my soft spots
You have a soft spot for my soft spots

Everyday I wake up
Everyday I wake up
Am good for?
Am good for?
You...
You...
And me