I am humming to stay awake On this night without you Oh, tomorrow's a slow day Don't have anything to wake up to And I play for all those lovers I sent away Easier to think of one I haven't met but will meet one day You see, I was a substitute For the one that got away I'm sure he only needed me To stay until the dawn of the day And I was never madly in love, no He was being just as used That's the difference between us I was barely amused And when I long for someone It's not his love I long, his love I long, his love I long for And when I'm singing these lovesongs It's not him I'm singing them for Now he's trying to fly and taste The nights without me Looking for another patch To cover up the man he could not be And he dances away with women He won't see again They must think he's their savior Oh, they must think he's a pure-minded man You see, he's just a timekiller Shooting stars right out of the sky My tongue is my weapon 'Til my throat runs dry And I'll dance with all of those women Once he has left them to be My body's just as bored as his My heart is just as free And when I long for someone It's not his love I long, his love I long, his love I long for And when I'm singing these lovesongs It's not him I'm singing them for And when I long for someone It's not his love I long, his love I long, his love I long for And when I'm singing these lovesongs It's not him I'm singing them for