[Verse 1]
Take from my heart a splinter
Carrying wood for the coming winter
Spat out in the bag
There all the words
Leave me begat
Part of me
Absentee

[Verse 2]
Take from the people their dead river
Take from the body its shiver
I have something for you
I'll give you a clue
It's shaped like a shoe
Part of me
Absentee

[Bridge]
As before I knew
As before you want to
Ain't it true?

[Verse 3]
Walking on a country road late last night
I passed a stranger in the moonlight
I turned around to see where he did flee
But there was just me, returned a deep
Absentee
Part of me
Absentee
Part of me
Absentee