[Verse 1]
If anyone asks me, oh, I’m doing fine
I’ve been dusting the rooms where your stuff used to lie
I would call it a spring clean
But nothing has grown since you left
If anyone asks me, oh I’m doing fine
I’ve been using the time to read books you don’t like
Never knew how to read you
Guess now I don’t even have to try

[Chorus]
And my friends phone me up
Say, "How you holding up?"
And I say to them, "I’m holding strong"
And they will sigh with relief, while I stare at my feet
Holding back how I’m barely holding on
'Cause all I know now is that I don’t know how you
Whitewashed me so quickly and you don’t think of me at all
How does that feel, tell me, how does that feel?

[Verse 2]
Yeah, I’m keeping busy
Oh, I’m learning Spanish
'Cause talking to yourself seems more sane in a language
That no one else speaks
They can’t hear all the tears in my words
[Chorus]
And my friends phone me up
Say, "How you holding up?"
And I say to them, "I’m holding strong"
And they will sigh with relief, while I stare at my feet
Holding back how I’m barely holding on
'Cause all I know now is that I don’t know how you
Whitewashed me so quickly and you don’t think of me at all
How does that feel, tell me, how does that feel?

[Bridge]
Nothing makes sense anymore
You went back to the south
I’d choose you every lifetime, loving you inside and out
But I never chose feeling lonely when I heard the rain or your name or the song that you said was for me
Oh, was it really?
Nobody chooses to lose him when all that you knew was how to be his

[Chorus]
And my friends phone me up
Say, "How you holding up?"
And I say to them, "I’m holding strong"
And they will sigh with relief, while I stare at my feet
Holding back how I’m barely holding on
'Cause all I know now is that I don’t know how you
Whitewashed me so quickly and you don’t think of me at all
How does that feel, tell me, how does that feel?