Lyric discussion by sstennett 

Cover art for Wear You Out lyrics by TV on the Radio

It is interesting that people consider this "an open invation for sex" or "hot". I do agree with 'man on tv' that the song is about fucking, a man fucking a woman, something different than sex and far different from making love is being talked about. I think it is aggressive male dominant fucking. the author says "but the sight of you has me instantly remember my needs", the needs of a man, sexual pleasure. "should I spend the next six hours tryin to get you off your off your feet?" wondering if he should spend his evening attempting to get to bed with the girl. followed by "Oh no girl, just pretend", or I don't want to deal with all of that, let us just go at it. The song focuses on males and females perceptions of and behaviors surrounding sex in western culture "Watch a room full of roosters Turned to cocks runnin' wild Scramblin' like hungry dogs Towards you, child" Men turning from calm roosters to their aggressive sexual side, cocks runnin' wild and hungry dogs scramblin" at the sight of a woman. "See those boys tryin' to sweat you Watchin' grown men cry.. Put somethin in their eyes" 'see... cry' is getting into the perspective of a girl dealing with men going wild over her. and "put something in their eyes" addresses the responsibility of the woman for the men behaving like hungry dogs. "Well here I am just a man" is a man trying to justify this behavior to himself by saying he is only a man. "oh puff chest out and play strong, grab you by the hair and pull you along" Gender roles, the male - puffing out his chest and Play strong while being the dominant sexual partner, 'grab you by the hair pull you along.' all ideas about what it is to be a man in western culture. "Couldn't stop it girl If you knew where this was going You don't know the half You seem so so smart Ooh, but you're so wrong" these show the male domination and the womans lack of power and what the male considers a lack of intelligence. "Let's pursue this argument in darkness" makes this sound like the girl does not want to go to bed. This is followed by "let me wear you out" which sounds quite aggressive. It could be interpreted as sex lasting a long time but then it seems like the man would be worn out too:)
and lastly "let me make you mine, mine, mine"