I'm gonna tell you a story About something I keep on going through You know when you meet someone for the first time? And you picture a lifetime, but really, you are just doomed And you think, "Maybe, what if? Maybe it'll get all serious" And then you think, "No, you're not here" And it gets complicated really quick Well, I'm in this mess I do it for experience I do it 'cause I have to live and learn without him And I've done it before, I can do it again I can talk with a kiss or a hand on my leg I can fake all of this love As if that's something I would want 'Cause I can't have him lately Yeah, I've done it before, so I'll do it again Go to dinner at nine with someone I don't like I just fake all of this love Pretend it's something I would want Yeah, I've done it before, I can do it again I'm not the type to cave-in You give a piece of me to somebody just for the hell of it We'll never want the same things, and he knows it So when I give a piece of me to somebody, it's 'cause he's not here So I'm in this mess I do it for experience I do it 'cause I have to learn to live without him And I've done it before, I can do it again I can talk with a kiss or a hand on my leg I can fake all of this love As if that's something I would want 'Cause I can't have him lately Yeah, I've done it before, so I'll do it again Go to dinner at nine with someone I don't like I just fake all of this love Pretend it's something I would want Yeah, I've done it before, I can do it again