Neon Trees - Mess Me Up lyrics

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 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'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 sex 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