You could have loved me like a novel
Instead you lost me like a poem
I should have left you wondering
Instead I let you in my home

I should have got the joke
Instead you played me like a fool
Inhaling all your smoke
And then you’re breaking every rule

I should have seen the ghost
Waiting patiently for me
To give into the hope
Just to ignore me callously

I should have kept my distance
Mr. I’ll Love You Anytime
Just to kill us with the silence
Of your cowardly goodbye

A not-so-perfect fit
No end-of-the-world kiss
Just the swing of a swindler
With a well-planned out miss
 
I should have left you all alone
The smallest man I’ve ever known
I would have loved you like a novel
Instead I’ll forget you like a poem