“We’ll Never Have Sex” by Leith Ross is a melancholy song about wanting to be wanted for more than just sex. When I was younger, I felt unwanted by men, which is something I thought was of the utmost importance. I would use my body and sex as a way to get attention from men, even if it was fleeting. I would jump from one to the next once they got bored of me. This song helps me remember that it is possible to be wanted for more than that. Leith Ross sings, “if I said you could never touch me, you’d come over and say I looked lovely. Oh, you kissed me just to kiss me,” which emphasizes how this relationship is based on romance and love instead of lust and sexual attraction. A relationship based around romance and love is something I desperately looked for in all the wrong places, which led me to consistently find the opposite. This song reminds me that love is real, and there is someone out there who wants me for a million reasons before having sex.
Important Lyrics
“Oh, you kissed me just to kiss me not to take me home”
“If I said you could never touch me, you’d come over and say I looked lovely”
“Oh, you kissed me just to kiss me not to make me cry”
“It was simple, you are sweetness, let’s just sit a while”
“Come and kiss me, pretty baby, like we’ll never have sex”