In "INXS," Becky Hill describes a life spinning at full speed, where excess becomes both identity and escape. The repeated question about what remains when the lights go out points to a fear of emptiness, a mirror that reflects no one. The title works as a pun on "in excess," turning overindulgence in drugs, rock 'n' roll, and sex into a state of being where she feels most alive yet completely unmoored. The admission that she cannot help it carries both defiance and exhaustion, as if the thrill and the burnout are inseparable.
INXS Lyrics by Becky Hill
What do you see when you’re closing your eyes in the dark?
How does it feel knowing all of your wheels will come off?
Would you even notice?
Would you even care?
You look in the mirror but nobody seems to be there
So obsessed, they say I should do less
I am my best when I’m in XS
I get no rest
Drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and sex
I’m on the edge when I’m in XS
I can’t help it
I can’t help it
I can’t help it
In XS
I can’t help it
I can’t help it
I can’t help it
I can’t help it
You laugh at the feeling, the thrill of the self-sided talk
Losing yourself but it’s all in the name of your art
I gotta keep my focus (gotta keep my focus)
‘Cause nothing else compares
You look in the mirror but nobody seems to be there (whoa!)
So obsessed, they say I should do less
I am my best when I’m in XS
I get no rest
Drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and sex
I’m on the edge when I’m in XS
I can’t help it
I can’t help it
I can’t help it (oh-ah)
In XS
I can’t help it
I can’t help it (I can’t help it)
I can’t help it
I can’t help it
I’m just so obsessed
Always saying yes to living in XS (I can’t help it)
I can’t help it
I’m just so obsessed
Can never catch my breath
When I’m living in XS (I can’t help it)
I’m just so obsessed
Can never catch my breath
When I’m living in XS
