The One Who Got Away?

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Friday nights alone might be a regular occurrence these days

And I'll admit without you I've lost someone to shower with praise

I must have given you a lot of reason to believe I can't survive without you

But rest assured you're rather low on the list of things that can make me feel blue

My days in a self-built temple of worship to your purported perfection are now long gone

I've since come to realize this religion was no more than a cult based on a con

I no longer find in your every word and curve salvation

I've found more joy since my time with you finally found its punctuation


So save your charity and self-gratifying guilt

I'm not free falling into depression as if you were my only parachute

Nor am I frantically searching for the nearest look alike or substitute

"Losing" you has been nothing but a blessing

The time you wasted is the only thing about the relationship that I find depressing

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