Girlfriend On A Gap Year

You can leave the light on Let it flicker in the still of your back hall As I put my shoes on You made a promise that you'd visit me in the fall I ran into your mother Neither of us had that much to say But I hear you're well now Your plane gets in Thanksgiving Day But pretend it never happened Slowly building up a wall between us I could use the satisfaction And you could suck it up and leave me feeling Crushed I hear you have a boyfriend I'm really glad you feel okay to date Heard that he's an asshole He plays a sport I tried in second grade I want to turn the light on But my heart's just full enough to break But pretend it never happened Slowly building up a wall between us I could use the satisfaction And you could suck it up and leave me feeling Crushed Help you let me down If that makes us cool now