Well Enough
Exit Interview
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
Verse 3
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
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
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 No we're not
Outro
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.