Mess Me Up

Tell me you've been distracted
 Just say you heard what's happened
 But tell me you can't be what I need
 LA's so dramatic
 But I'm learning to like the traffic
 It's given me time to hum new melodies
 Like, 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 gonna mess me up, don't do it slowly
 And if you gonna lead me on, then act like you know me
 And if you gonna get me addicted, you have my permission
 I think I know how these things go
 If you gonna mess me up, don't do it slowly
 And tell me you're busy, you're working
 And 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 is so dramatic
 But I'm getting much better at acting
 We'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 sex 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 gonna mess me up, don't do it slowly
 If you gonna lead me on, then act like you know me
 And if you gonna get me addicted, you have my permission
 I think I know how these things go
 If you 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 sex and cigarettes
 Keep on messing me, messing me up
 I think of you between the breaths
 If you gonna get me addicted, you have my permission
 I think I know how these things go
 If you gonna mess me up, don't do it slow
 Yeah, if you gonna mess me up, don't do it slow