[Verse 1]
I stood in the place where you f**ed me and thought about how I'd never see you again
I still sleep in the room where you dumped me, voices still in the walls and I'll bring home new friends
Gotta shake off these nasty addictions, to gratification and flagellation
It's too late in the evening and it's too late in general
I miss having meaning and a distraction for myself
Want to be struck by new love's lightning all f**ed up dripping wet and frightening
Or just have something that leaves me smiling to myself as I walk back home
[Chorus]
But I'd become less like a lover and more like a landlord
And I was less like a lover and more like a carer that I could not afford
And you were less like your old self and more like your mother
I was hopeful but hopeless now I'm just one of the others
You are less like a lover and more like a landlord
[Verse 2]
Said I'll be your emergency contact if you kiss me when you get back
I called you, I had to, went straight to your message bank
Wanted to make up for a lost time, make up for a lost cause
Would've stood tall, but for once in my life I wasn't the one who pushed for the fall
So one of these days I'm gonna drop dead and you'll only remember the nice things I said
So put your rose-coloured gla**es on, pretend you're fine until I'm gone
And you can do whatever the f** you want
[Chorus]
And I'd become less like a lover and more like a landlord
And you'd become less like a lover and more like a carer that I could not afford
And you were less of your old self and more like your mother
I was hopeful but hopeless now I'm just one of the others
I was less like a lover and more like a landlord
[Verse 3]
I still sleep in the room where you dumped me
Write songs about how I'm never speaking to you again
Shouldn't make any difference, surroundings don't influence
The person that I think I am [x4]
[Chorus]
And I'd become less like a lover and more like a landlord
And you'd become less like a lover and more like a carer that I could not afford
And you were less of your old self and more like your mother
I was hopeful but hopeless now I'm just one of the others
You were less like a lover and more like a landlord