I prefer to be left alone
But here you are in front of me
I should’ve known that you were near
I could hear your spiritless symphony
I know mine sounds no better
But there’s hope for it yet
It’s the easiest way to forget
And to pretend I am anywhere but here


Now every time that you are by my side
I get the overwhelming urge to turn
And run away, I feel no shame in saying
If it’s a crime, the laws that I’ve defied
Bail denied and sent away for life, and
Nothing less, the message I’m conveying
Is it’s best if we left with respect intact
Better if we said goodbye
You are clearly the reason why
I’ll end up in therapy


I would choose to be on my own
If you’re my one alternative
I know that tone and now I think
I need a drink or a sedative
I know there’s no blue ribbon
Pinned upon my lapel
There’s no motivation in hell
Every sentiment insincere


Now every time that you are by my side
I get the overwhelming urge to turn
And run away, I feel no shame in saying
If it’s a crime, the laws that I’ve defied
Bail denied and sent away for life, and
Nothing less, the message I’m conveying
Is it’s best if we left with respect intact
Better if we said goodbye
You are clearly the reason why
I’ll end up in therapy
Best if we left with respect intact
Better if we said goodbye
You are clearly the reason why
I’ll end up in therapy


I know mine may seem no better
But I’ve been trying again
And when I start dying again
And when the doubts bring
Their whispers back to my ears
I will ask myself


Is it right to just concede
To never feeling content?
Like, maybe just surviving
Is a great accomplishment
Is it good to just accept
That this is all that will be?
Like, maybe I should bail
On all the stale hypocrisy


Oh, I don’t know

(Words by Scanlon)