is This All I Am Good For? Lyrics

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
I just go

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?

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?