If a label's helpful you should use it, if a label's helpful you should definitely use it Well sometimes labels are the key to identify your identity, If a label's helpful you should use it If a label makes you feel much safer So you don't have to explain things to you workmates or your neighbour If that label helps define who you are and saves you time If the label's helpful you should use it But sometimes labels just cause interference And some people find them more of a hindrance Cause maybe you don't fit in one group You're more complex than a can of soup Unless that label's helpful then don't use it When I was nine i was sure that I was gay I wore baggy clothes I was scared of men, and all the boys I liked told me I was gay But then one day I saw a vague And I said that's nice but it's not for me And I hate to say it, it makes me sick But I really do love me some dick If a label gets you something you need If the label's accurate and it can help you succeed If that label gets you the right medication Or assists you with your education If the label's helpful, fucking milk the shit out of it That's what I would do Well I was a music artist in my early twenties But people wouldn't buy it cause I wasn't cool or sexy Because being sexy and writing songs Apparently can't occur independently But it's cool because I left the music industry on good terms, mostly So then I labeled myself a comedian And a bunch of people were like "Nah, you're not a comedian" Well I guess they're right what do I know, I've only written and performed five full length comedy shows Just thought the label might be helpful, from a marketing perspective Well some days I wake up and I'm a lady And other days I wake up and I'm not so much lady Well I guess some call that genderfluid Right now I don't need that label so I don't use it The label doesn't help me, I don't use it Some labels might be true for you forever, you take care of those labels Cause they hold your life together Well there was a time you had to hide that part of you It's life denied Now there is no greater warmth or pride When the world affirms who you are inside Some labels might be true for you at one stage But being open minded means allowing yourself to change That same label that freed your heart Could one day be your prison bars Only use that label when it's helpful Only use that label when it's helpful, yeah Only use that label Only use that label Only use that label when it's helpful