[Verse 1]
I used to sort of be ashamed to be myself
I used to sort of try and hide and try and act like someone else
I used to sit alone and cry sometimes and curse my own reflection, how sad
Hearing laughter through the walls, it can’t all be that bad

[Pre-Chorus]
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder
When we first met it felt like we’d been friends for so much longer

[Verse 2]
You were hanging at the snooker club and you were acting kind of hyper
You said you’d met the ghosts of Maya Angelou and Rowdy Roddy Piper
It’s like a cloud was hanging over me until the day we texted for the first time
And the world just got a little brighter

[Pre-Chorus]
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder
When we first met it felt like we’d been friends for so much longer
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder
When we first met it felt like we’d been friends for so much longer
When we first met it felt like we’d been friends for so much longer
So much longer
So much longer
So much longer