Things got better when you left   Your friends always say that   But I think you better check   Your leaving member contract   You don't get to say   You don't get to say goodbye      And I don't want to be the one   But I could try      Things got better when you left   I hang my hat upon it   People say I'm somewhere else   What's so sad about it?   Even though it means   Even though it means goodbye      And I don't want to be the one   I don't want to be the one here   I don't want to be the one   But I could try      You're not talking   And I'm not talking   The dog's not talking   And no one is talking at all   When you're home   No bark in the street   No bark in the yard   No bark in the house   Next bark is a sound of my own   War for peace      Things got better when you left   So tell your friends about it   I'll just sing it to myself   'Till I can live without it   Even though it means   Even though it means goodbye      And I don't want to be the one   I don't want to be the one here   I don't want to be the one   But I could try