To continue the overall theme of the album, exploration of male queerness, No Good is Perfume’s observation of how homosexual love is marginized by society. Homosexual love can’t be expressed openly and allowed to mature like heterosexual love. Gay Men are forced to express love in its most base way...
There's no gentle way
There's no safe place
For the heart to hang
When the body's no good
Am I meant to fray the edge?
On the outside looking in
All used up
But never used enough
To me love was always a hidden thing
Stolen moment at a time
A feeling only held for a little while
And then ripped from your arms like a child
I carry their names
The secret shapes
An aching braid
Around my heart
Traced in the park
An outline in chalk
Where I took his hand in mine
For a little while, everything was alright
No Good was written by Perfume Genius.
No Good was produced by Adrian Utley.
Perfume Genius released No Good on Tue Sep 23 2014.