Helpless by John Mayer

This song was originally written during the sessions for Born and Raised, per a 2013 My Stupid Mouth interview “There was a song called ‘Helpless’ for Born and Raised that I adored. Everybody did not like it. It was one of the only times where my compass was off. I loved that tune, man. It was great. ‘If I’m helpless / tell me now / tell me now / and I’ll stop trying to figure it out.’ It was mean and it was cool. I’ve just made .