Use Me Up - Until The Ribbon Breaks

I had thought it was the beginning of sullen adolescence

But I think it was this other thing

A more mature understanding of what he can never have

If we must love without the lights on

Why do I hang on every word?

And if it’s not, if it’s not some kind of symmetry

Why are the lines so blurred?

So if you’re gonna use me

Then use me up

If we are only for the moment

Why do we talk about our dreams?

And if it’s not, if it’s not some kind of poetry

Why do I wonder what it means?

So if you’re gonna use me

Then use me up

So if you’re gonna use me

Then use me up

We won’t call this love

There is no warmth around the edges

Around the edges of the pain

We wear this down until it’s nothin'

And I will see you there again

So if you’re gonna use me

Then use me up

So if you’re gonna use me

Then use me up

We won’t call this love

So if you’re gonna use me

Then use me up

So if you’re gonna use me

Then use me up

We won’t call this love