Strangers

I hate the questions that they ask me

He says: Why are you out tonight?

And then we start this little dance

Becoming lovers over pints

And I don't care where you grew up

Unless it was Brighton

It's the thought that you might know him

Makes this much more exciting

I hate the feeling of the barman

Giving me those judgy eyes

I bet he thinks: oh not again

She does this so many times

I don't wanna be this person

But that's how you left me

(That's how you left me)

(So I)

I only miss you when the lights go down

When it gets silent and no one's around

In the days I get distracted, pretend you don't exist

Now I'm lying here in silence

With your name on my lips

I only miss you when the lights go low

Sometimes it helps to bring a stranger home

It's counterproductive, extremely self-destructive

But I'm so scared of being alone

So I bring strangers home

And now I'm waking up in beds

I don't remember falling in

I'm sneaking out before the dawn

My friends ask me where I've been

And I don't want to be a liar

But that's what you made me

(That's what you made me)

But I've been doing better, I've been making some progress

Not trying to think about you, even forgot your address

That's quite the feat, are you proud of me?

Only see you now when I fall asleep

I only miss you when the lights go down

When it gets silent and no one's around

In the days I get distracted, pretend you don't exist

Now I'm lying here in silence

With your name on my lips

I only miss you when the lights go low

Sometimes it helps to bring a stranger home

It's counterproductive, extremely self-destructive

But I'm too scared of being alone

So I bring strangers home home home

So I bring strangers home home home

So I bring strangers home home home

So I bring strangers

So I bring strangers

So I bring strangers

Oh I've been doing better, I've been taking my pills again

I don't send the letters begging you if you'd come back

That's quite the feat if you're asking me

Only see you now when I'm on my knees

I only miss you when the lights go down

When it gets silent and no one's around

In the days I get distracted, pretend you don't exist

Now I'm lying here in silence

With your name on my lips

I only miss you when the lights go low

Sometimes it helps to bring a stranger home

It's counterproductive, extremely self-destructive

But I'm so scared of being alone

So I bring strangers home