Like a saturday night i'll be gone
 like a saturday night i'll be gone
 before you knew that i was there
 
 So you wrote it down 
 I'm supposed to care
 Even though it's never there
 Sorry if I'm not prepared
 Is it hard to see the things you substitute
 For me and all my thoughts of you
 It's eating me alive to leave you
 
 Maybe it's childish and maybe it's wrong
 But so is your blank stare in lieu of this song
 Maybe it's childish and maybe it's wrong
 
 Don't wanna be, don't wanna be wrong
 You're leaving me, you're leaving me in lieu of this song
 Don't wanna be, don't wanna be wrong
 You're leaving me, you're leaving me in lieu of this song
 
 I'm breathing in your skin tonight
 Quiet is my loudest cry
 Wouldn't wanna wake the eyes, that make me melt inside
 And if it's healthier to leave you be,
 May a sickness come and set me free
 Kill me while I still believe that you were meant for me...
 
 I’m finding my own words, my own little stage
 My own epic drama, my own scripted page
 I'll send you the rough draft, I'll seal it with tears
 Maybe you'll read it and I'll reappear
 From the start it was shaky and the characters rash,
 A nice setting for heart ache where emotions come last
 All I have deep inside, to overcome this desire
 Of friendly intentions and fair-weather smiles
 
 And I don’t wanna be, don’t wanna be wrong 
 You're leaving me, you're leaving me in lieu of this song
 Don't wanna be, don’t wanna be wrong 
 You're leaving me, you're leaving me in lieu of this(lieu of this).. 
 In lieu of this song.
 
 like a saturday night i'll be gone
 like a saturday night i'll be gone
 like a saturday night i'll be gone
 like a saturday night i'll be gone
 before you knew that i was there