[Verse 1]
No need to say it, but I'm thinking 'bout you
Hate that I hate it, still can't hide from the truth
You wanted more, couldn't give you my all
Got lost in the woods, but you're close to my heart
No need to say it, but I'm thinking 'bout you

[Pre-Chorus]
Trading places, all my friends say
"Time to let it go", but they don't know when I'm alone
It's just empty spaces where you used to live
You would ask me to stay home and sleep until late

[Chorus]
And every time that I said, "not today"
You made me promise that I'd never change
Now we're trading places, 'cause you're walking away
Trading places and I've got the pen

[Verse 2]
Sudden calm in the violence, certain thrill in the blues
We've rewired our heartstrings, 'cause we're too scared to lose
We thought the loving would never decay
Even when you knew that I couldn't stay and now we are

[Pre-Chorus]
Trading places, all my friends say
"Time to let it go", but they don't know when I'm alone
It's just empty spaces where you used to live
You would ask me to stay home and sleep until late
[Chorus]
And every time that I said, "not today"
You made me promise that I'd never change
Now we're trading places, 'cause you're walking away
Trading places and I've got the pen

And every time that I said, "not today"
You made me promise that I'd never change
Now we're trading places, 'cause you're walking away

[Bridge]
(Trading places)
We're not the same, so I'm walking away
(Trading places)
Started the fire, got caught in the flame
(Trading places)
And you turned the page, now I'm floating away
(Trading places)
And now I've got the pen

[Pre-Chorus]
Empty spaces where you used to live
You would ask me to stay home and sleep until late

[Chorus]
And every time that I said, "not today"
You made me promise that I'd never change
Now we're trading places, 'cause you're walking away
Trading places and I've got the pen