**[VERSE 1]** I know when I'm useful You want me When I'm out You're running Tell me I'm lying Call me a fake Just keep on taking Whatever it takes To not be here alone I knew what this was Don't get it twisted You got what you wanted I got to feel needed **[PRE-CHORUS]** So who's using who? I can't play dumb You needed somebody I needed someone **[CHORUS]** I know when I'm useful You want me When I'm empty You run Don't call it love We both know better You needed what I gave I needed us together And I knew Yeah, I fucking knew Being needed felt enough like love **SO I LET YOU** **[VERSE 2]** I picked up the phone Before it could ring Already saying yes To fucking anything A ride A fix A place to crash Anything that kept me From asking what we had If you needed me You had to stay So I kept finding reasons To give myself away **[PRE-CHORUS]** Don't make me a victim I signed that shit too You learned how to take 'Cause I taught you to **[CHORUS]** I know when I'm useful You want me When I'm empty You run Don't call it love We both know better You needed what I gave I needed us together And I knew Yeah, I fucking knew Being needed felt enough like love **SO I LET YOU** **[BREAKDOWN]** I WASN'T BLIND I WAS COMPLICIT EVERY FUCKING FAVOR BOUGHT ANOTHER MINUTE YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEEDED I GOT WHAT I NEEDED YOU GOT SOMEBODY TO USE **I GOT SOMEBODY WHO NEEDED ME** **[DEAD STOP]** And I called that even. **[BRIDGE]** That's the ugly part It fucking worked I broke my back And called it worth Wasn't love But close enough I wasn't chosen **I WAS TOO USEFUL TO GIVE UP** **[FINAL CHORUS]** I know when I'm useful You want me I know when I'm empty You run Tell me I'm bitter Tell me I'm wrong **I KNEW WHAT THIS WAS ALL ALONG** No saint No martyr No innocent one You kept taking I kept it coming And I knew Yeah, I fucking knew Being needed felt enough like love **SO I LET YOU** **[FINAL BREAKDOWN]** TAKE IT TAKE IT WHATEVER IT TAKES I KEPT MAKING MYSELF NECESSARY SO YOU'D HAVE A REASON TO STAY NO SAINT NO MARTYR NO INNOCENT FUCK **I MADE MYSELF USEFUL** **BECAUSE USEFUL WAS ENOUGH**
