Back to Basics

Back to basics, you're hoping to be
A someone that every person is hoping to meet
A list of lovers as long as your arm, and that's ok
'Cause every person is perfecting the art

You're just another sentence
You make them up to pass the time
And leave a message leading them on down that lonely line and
You feel like shit about it
Erasing numbers from your phone
We're wasting so much time alone

And once you get past the opening words
Then you'll find that every person is nothing you like
And all you want is to be understood
But you know
What's the difference? If you're in the mood

They're just another write off
You sign them up to pass the time
There's not much point in leading them on down the same old line
You feel like shit about it
Just adding numbers to your phone
We're wasting no more time alone

This arrangement
It's pretty vacant
I hate faking, I want better now
And I'll say it
I cant play it
But I'll make it 'cause I'm fading out
'Cause I'm fading out
'Cause I'm fading out
'Cause I'm fading out
'Cause I'm fading out

And I'm just another sentence
I make them up to pass the time
I'll leave a message leading you on down that lonely line and
I feel like shit about it
Erasing numbers from my phone
We're wasting too much time alone