[Verse 1]
I foresee it's true
That you would love me better if I could unscrew
All of your moods that make me wanna run away
But I got stuck with faulty legs
That you would screw me if I let you in my bedroom
And if I did, then do I try to move away?
'Cause I know you like mind games
[Pre-Chorus]
Do I ever have to notice?
I've been standing here and I don't know why
Did you ever even see me try?
[Chorus]
Do you, ooh-ooh, see me now?
Do you, ooh-ooh, oh, see me now?
Do you, ooh-ooh, see me now?
See me now, see me now, oh, see me now
[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
[Verse 2]
Bet I look amusing
'Cause my addiction to these contradictions make it confusing
And if I walk away, I'm scared I won't find other muses
'Cause I know you like golden days
I don't understand
You claiming I'm a handful when you show up all empty-handed
The way you say you love me like you've just been reprimanded
'Cause I know you like mind games
[Pre-Chorus]
Do I ever have to notice?
I've been standing here and I don't know why
Did you ever even see me try?
[Chorus]
Do you, ooh-ooh, see me now?
Do you, ooh-ooh, oh, see me now?
Do you, ooh-ooh, see me now?
See me now, see me now
Do you, ooh-ooh, see me now?
Do you, ooh-ooh, oh, see me now?
Do you, ooh-ooh, see me now?
See me now, see me now, see me now
[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh-ah)
(Ooh-ah)
(Ooh-ah)
(Ooh-ah)
[Outro]
Do you, ooh-ooh
Do you, ooh-ooh
Do you, ooh-ooh
See me now, see me now?
The phrase “screw me” may have a double meaning here – both a euphemism for sex as well as an abbreviated form of the expression, “screw me over”, i.e. cheat me, treat me unfairly.
Whenever children are reprimanded by their parents, they tend to say “I’m sorry” for doing whatever they’ve done wrong.
However, as most of the times they just feel like they’re being obligated to do so, it doesn’t feel genuine. They’re only doing it to avoid punishment. Bank uses this metaphor to illustrate that the way he tells her “I love you” doesn’t sound passionate. Just like a child, he’s only doing it because he feels forced to.
This lyric draws from the previous line, when Banks states that her lover’s shortcomings make her want to run away, and leave him. The “legs” she describes are a metaphor for her unwillingness to leave, due to his manipulation via Mind Games. The fact that they are “faulty” indicates that she is unable to physically run, and thus, metaphorically, she cannot leave the relationship.
The reference to muses is perhaps similar to one in the later “To the Hilt”, in which she says that she is “drained creatively” after her partner’s departure.