​​is this all I am good for?

Lyrics

[Chorus] 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? [Verse 1] 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 [Pre-Chorus] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] 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 learnt not to trust All I do now is measure up [Chorus] 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? [Bridge] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ahh, ahh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ahh, ahh [Chorus] 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 (Every night before I go to bed) I wonder if I will change (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?) [Outro] 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 What am I good for? What am I good for? You, you And me, and me