[Verse 1]

Here's the thi

ng
              
We started out

   
 friends
            
It was cool, b

              
ut it was all 

        
pretend
            
Yeah, yeah, si

             
nce you been g

   
one 

[Verse 2]
              
You dedicated,

         
 you took the 

time
            
Wasn't long, t

              
ill I called y

       
ou mine  
            
Yeah, yeah, si

            
nce you been g

     
one  

[Pre-Chorus 1]
              
And all you'd 

             
ever hear me s

                    
ay
            
Is how I pictu

    
red me with yo

u
             
That's all you

        
'd ever hear m

e say

[Chorus]
              
But since you 

       
been gone
           
I can breathe 

            
for the first 

time
             
I'm so movin' 

         
on, yeah yeah
            
Thanks to you 

            
now I get what

    
 I want
             
Since you been


 gone

[Verse 3]
              
How can I put 

         
it? You put me

 on
            
I even fell fo

              
r that stupid 

       
love song
            
Yeah, yeah, si

            
nce you been g

     
one  

[Pre-Chorus 2]
              
How come I'd n

            
ever hear you 

say
            
I just wanna b

    
e with you
             
I guess you ne

        
ver felt that 

way

[Chorus]
              
But since you 

       
been gone
           
I can breathe 

            
for the first 

time
             
I'm so movin' 

         
on, yeah yeah
            
Thanks to you 

            
now I get what

    
 I want
             
Since you been


 gone

[Bridge]
            
You had your c

  
hance, you ble

w it
           
Out of sight, 


out of mind
            
Shut your mout

     
h, I just can'

t take it

Again and agai

n and again an

d again

[Chorus - Extended]
          
Since you been

           
 gone (since y

             
ou been gone)
           
I can breathe 

            
for the first 

time
             
I'm so movin' 

         
on, yeah yeah
          
Thanks to you 

(thanks to you

)
            
Now I get, I g

                       
et what I want
           
I can breathe 

            
for the first 

time
             
I'm so movin' 

         
on, yeah yeah
           
Thanks to you 

(thanks to you

)
      
Now I get (I g

et)
            
You should kno

          
w, that I get
              
I get what I w

            
ant


Since you been

 gone

Since you been

 gone

Since you been

 gone