Now I just let you leave nice and easy
And pretend I'm sleeping off the afterglow
No awkward silence, no childish questions
We know this is the furthest that we'll ever go
The closest we'll ever get

It's hide and not seek, the game we always play
I count to infinity, you crawl back inside yourself
Hide and not seek, and love is M.I.A.
Got to have a strategy when you get to this level
'Cos we've already lost ourselves, already
Already lost ourselves, already

I won't get back or caught, I just move on
And pretend I'm quite alright and over you
No letdowns and no high expectations
To wake up a different me with someone new
With someone I won't forget

It's hide and not seek, the game we always play
I count to infinity, you crawl back inside yourself
Hide and not seek, and love is M.I.A.
Got to have a strategy when you get to this level
'Cos we've already lost ourselves, already
Already lost ourselves, already

We brush past people but we don't touch
We live by the rules of the playground
We want to be loved but not too much
We always get lost just to be found
Have we met

It's hide and not seek, the game we always play
I count to infinity, you crawl back inside yourself
Hide and not seek, and love is M.I.A.
Got to have a strategy when you get to this level

Hide and not seek, the game we always play
I count to infinity, you crawl back inside yourself
Hide and not seek, and love is M.I.A.
Got to have a strategy when you get to this level
'Cos we've already lost ourselves, already
Already lost ourselves, already