Mess Me Up

Tell me you've been distracted

Just say you hate what's happened

But tell me you can't be what I need

LA is so dramatic

But I'm learning to like the traffic

It's given me time to hum new melodies

Like how you're so ice cold to me

I can feel you in my bloodstream killing things

You're so ice cold to me

I can feel you in my heartbeat my heartbeat

So if you're gonna mess me up don't do it slowly

And if you're gonna lead me on then act like you know me

And if you're gonna get me addicted you have my permission

I think I know how these things go

If you're gonna mess me up don't do it slow

And tell me you're busy working

Or tell me a fire is burning

And tell me you can't be what I need

You can't be what I need

The city's so dramatic

But I'm getting much better at acting

I've got no time to think of memories

Like how you're so ice cold to me

I can feel you in my bloodstream killing things

You're so ice cold to me

I can feel you in my heartbeat my heartbeat

Between the empty s*x and cigarettes

I think of you between the breaths

I wanna know what's happening

I wanna know why the phone won't ring

So if you're gonna mess me up don't do it slowly

If you're gonna lead me on then act like you know me

And if you're gonna get me addicted you have my permission

I think I know how these things go

If you're gonna mess me up don't do it slow

Keep on messing me messing me up oh-oh

You keep on messing me messing me up oh-oh

Keep on messing me messing me up

Between the empty s*x and cigarettes

Keep on messing me messing me up

I think of you between the breaths

If you're gonna get me addicted you've had my permission

I think I know how these things go

If you're gonna mess me up don't do it slow

Yeah if you're gonna mess me up don't do it slow