Why Can't You Just Be Lonely?

Based on the song "So Soon" by Mariana's Trench

When you walked out of my life, 

You kept your head up high.

You fell into her arms forty-eight hours later.

You never broke your stride.

When you walked out of my life,

I didn't sleep for two weeks.

I didn't eat for a month.

I had no stride left to break.

When you walked out of my life,

You might have felt just a little guilty.

You might have thought about me just a bit.

You might have feared what others thought.

When you walked out of my life,

I felt worthless.

I thought about you every second of every day.

I feared what others thought.

So I sit on a couch and talk to a stranger.

So you sit on a couch and press your body against hers.

So I walk around with my eyes downcast.

So you walk around with your chest puffed out.

So I am a weak woman.

So you are a macho man.

Why couldn't you just be lonely?

Why couldn't you keep to yourself?

Why couldn't you at least pretend it hurt?

Why couldn't I understand that lonely is not the end of the world?

Why couldn't I keep my emotions inside, all to myself?

Why couldn't I at least pretend it didn't hurt?