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Like a Saturday night I'll be gone

Like a Saturday night I'll be gone before you knew that I was there

So you wrote it down I'm supposed to care

 Even though it's never there

 Sorry if I'm not prepared

Is it hard to see the things you substitute

 For me and all my thoughts of you

 It's eating me alive to leave you

Maybe it's childish and maybe its wrong

 But so is your blank stare is lieu of this song

 Maybe it's childish and maybe its wrong

Don't want to be, don't want to be wro- -ong

You're leaving me, you're leaving me in lieu of this song

Don't want to be, don't want to be wro- -ong

You're leaving me, you're leaving me in lieu of this, in lieu of this

song

I'm breathing in your skin tonight

 Quiet is my loudest cry

 Wouldn't want to wake the eyes that make me melt inside

And if it's healthier to leave you be

 May your sickness come and set me free

 Kill me while I still believe that you were meant for me

I'm writing my own words, my own little stage

 My own epic drama, my own scripted page

 I'll send you the rough draft, I'll seal it with tears

 Maybe you'll read it and I'll reappear

From the start it was shaky and the characters rash

 A nice setting for heartache where emotions come last

 Oh, I haven't even sought to overcome this desire

 Of friendly intentions and fare-weathered smiles

 And I don't want to be, don't want to be wro- -ong

You're leaving me, you're leaving me in lieu of this song

Don't want to be, don't want to be wro- -ong

You're leaving me, you're leaving me in lieu of this, in lieu of this

song

Like Saturday night I'll be go- -one

Like Saturday night I'll be go- -one

Like Saturday night I'll be go- -one

Like Saturday night I'll be gone before you knew that I was there