[Intro]
   

[Chorus 1]
           
When I'm away 

from you
              
I'm happier th

    
an ever
              
Wish I could e

             
xplain it bett


er
              
I wish it wasn

       
't true

             
Give me a day 

              
or two to thin

              
k of something

    
 clever
              
To write mysel

       
f a letter
              
To tell me wha

            
t to do, mm-mm


[Verse 1]
    
Do you read my

 interviews?
     
Or do you skip

 my avenue?
      
When you said 

you were passi

n' through
            
Was I even on 

      
your way?
    
I knew when I 

asked you to (

When I asked y

ou to)
     
Be cool about 

what I was tel

lin' you
       
You'd do the o

pposite of wha

t you said you

'd do (What yo

u said you'd d

o)
            
And I'd end up

        
 more afraid
              
Don't say it i


sn't fair
              
You clearly we

              
rеn't aware th

            
at you made me

      
 misеrable
            
So if you real

           
ly wanna know


[Chorus 2]
          
When I'm away 

from you (When

 I'm away from

 you)
              
I'm happier th

    
an ever (Happi

er than ever)
              
Wish I could e

            
xplain it bett

er (Wish I cou

ld explain it 

better)
              
I wish it wasn

             
't true, mm-mm


[Interlude]
         


[Verse 2]
             
You call me ag

            
ain, drunk in 

      
your Benz
              
Drivin' home u

 
nder the influ

ence
             
You scared me 

            
to death, but 

              
I'm wastin' my

   
 breath
              
'Cause you onl

    
y listen to yo

ur fuckin' fri

ends
             
I don't relate

    
 to you
            
I don't relate

         
 to you, no
              
'Cause I'd nev

             
er treat me th

    
is shitty
            
You made me ha

         
te this city


[Verse 3]
              
And I don't ta

             
lk shit about 

             
you on the int


ernet
            
Never told any

              
one anything b


ad
              
'Cause that sh

             
it's embarrass

              
ing, you were 

     
my everything
              
And all that y

            
ou did was mak

             
e me fuckin' s

ad
             
So don't waste

              
 the time I do

     
n't have
            
And don't try 

              
to make me fee

   
l bad
              
I could talk a

             
bout every tim

              
e that you sho

     
wed up on time
              
But I'd have a

            
n empty line '

              
cause you neve

  
r did
              
Never paid any

             
 mind to my mo

          
ther or friend

s
              
So I shut 'em 

            
all out for yo

              
u 'cause I was

    
 a kid


[Outro]
             
You ruined eve

         
rything good
            
Always said yo

              
u were misunde


rstood
             
Made all my mo

            
ments your own
            
Just fuckin' l

         
eave me alone

            (x4)