I wasn't trying to be alone I wasn't trying to be alone (To be alone, to be alone) I wasn't trying to be alone You took those words out of my mouth, you know You blow it up, and said all I do is bring you down Look there's the door, I don't need you anymore I never noticed how bad you were Like leading different lives until capture You build me up, said everything was perfect now Cut to the chase, I was never with the word It always happens, that I'm left hurting Rather be absent, than feel like a burden You draw me close, just enough to make me hang around Rather be absent, rather be absent I wasn't trying to be a ghost You drained the life right out of me, you know You shut me out, would say I never come around I don't care, I don't need you anymore It always happens, that I'm left hurting Rather be absent, than feel like a burden You draw me close, just enough to make me hang around Rather be absent, rather be absent It always happens It always happens It always happens It always happens It always happens, that I'm left hurting Rather be absent, than feel like a burden It always happens, that I'm left hurting Rather be absent, rather be absent It always happens, that I'm left hurting Rather be absent, than feel like a burden You draw me close, just enough to make me hang around Rather be absent, rather be absent