Variant

Meeting you felt like a game where I was at a disadvantage
You changed the rules before you lost more times than I could manage
No matter how lonely you always made me feel
I thought it was the ups and downs of finding something real
So I let my guard down

But you're a variant like Omicron, Delta
Yeah, you're a sickness of a different breed
So I wasn't feeling well
Thought a different kind of something was just what I need

I can't save you from the things that always seem to haunt you
We don't have to stay together just because you want to
Yeah, you think you're so clever, well, I'm clever too
You just never cared to see the world from my point of view
It's like looking in a mirror

But you're a variant like Omicron, Delta
Yeah, you're a sickness of a different breed
So I wasn't feeling well
Thought a different kind of something was just what I need

And of course I still love you
But you know as well as I do why I had to go, oh
And I can't just stay lovesick
If I can only love you for what you show
And I'm glad that you were with me when it was too much to bear
But I think that I'd rather that you hadn't been there
And if nothing else is there for me, I guess I'll have to wait
At least you taught me never to repeat the same mistakes

Cause I'm a variant like you used to show me
I've a sickness of a different breed
So I wasn't feeling well
Thought a different kinda something was just what I need