ntro (synth hook alone, four bars, then bass drops in) Verse 1 Question one How long did you work together Question two Describe their contribution to the team Question three Were there any warning signs I'm sorry I'm going to need a minute I'm sorry Can you read me that again Pre-Chorus It's a short form It shouldn't take this long Chorus We're sorry to see you go We're sorry to see you go We wish you every success In whatever you do next We're sorry to see you go And we do mean see Because I'm looking at the space And there's nothing looking back at me Verse 2 Question four Please return the following property Badge Parking pass Anything with our name on it Question five Forwarding address Question six Is there anything we could have done differently I'd love to answer that one I would really love to answer that one Pre-Chorus It's a short form It shouldn't take this long Chorus We're sorry to see you go We're sorry to see you go We wish you every success In whatever you do next We're sorry to see you go And we do mean see Because I'm looking at the space And there's nothing looking back at me Middle Eight (bass drops out; synth hook, unaccompanied, plays the chorus melody in full — no vocal at all, eight bars) Verse 3 (same melody as verse 1, delivered slower) I know the shape of where you stood I know you took the second chair I know somebody made the coffee wrong and somebody laughed and one of those was you That's all of it That's the whole file Twelve months of a person and I've got a chair and a joke Bridge (everything cuts except a single held synth pad) It isn't grief Grief needs a shape to sit in It's the other thing The one there's no word for because the people who'd name it keep getting filed Final Chorus (full arrangement, hook doubled an octave up) We're sorry to see you go We're sorry to see you go We wish you every success In whatever you do next We're sorry to see you go We're so sorry We're so sorry We are so, so sorry (flat, on the last beat) No we're not Outro (hook alone, fading; spoken over it, dry) Somebody had your locker before you. Nobody's told you their name. That's not because it's a secret. It's because nobody has one to tell. Check the back of the shelf anyway. People leave things. It's the one part they can't get to.
