prologue:

love me, hold me, like me:

that is what you do.

never leave me, stay forever:

that is what you do.

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part I:

when it's over, i won't talk about me

as long as you let me down easy.

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when it's over, i won't say a single thing about me

as long as you let me down easy.

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i won't talk about how i feel, and

i won't talk about the way things have changed, and

i won't talk about time wasted

(even though you wasted yours, too).

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i won't talk a single thing about me,

if you let me down easy.

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interlude:

find we where you left me

(only if you're trying to find me)

leave me where you found me

(only if you're trying to leave me)

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part II:

when it's over, i won't talk about me,

only if you don't let me down easy.

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when it's over, i won't say a single thing about me,

only if you don't let me down easy.

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i won't talk about all i did, and

i won't talk about the way i regret these changes, and

i won't talk about mistakes made

(even though you made them, too).

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i won't talk a single thing about me,

only if you don't let me down easy.

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epilogue:

is it love to keep it from you?

if you can't, i will.

that's what we do.

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leave me forever, stay for never.

if you won't, i will.

that's what we do.