​​is this all 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?

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 learnt 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?

Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ahh, ahh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ahh, ahh

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?)

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