[Verse 1: B.o.B]
You know it's crazy 'cause
Nights like this would start out with a little private party
You sneak me in your mom's house
I know I mighta spilled my drink, but
Really wasn't tryna spill my heart out
I mean, it started as a conversation
I was really tryna get my thoughts out
But then we make moves and we make plans
Had the whole thing mapped out
See, you were gonna go to college
And to pay for bills, I'd figure a job out
And you knew I had to say it, but them day's gone
Now I moved on and you switched phones
Hopefully reincarnation will bring us back to the place we belong

[Verse 2: Katy Perry]
Summer after high school, when we first met
We'd make out in your Mustang to Radiohead
And on my eighteenth birthday, we got matching tattoos
Used to steal your parents' liquor and climb to the roof
Talked about our future like we had a clue
Never planned that one day, I'd be losing you

[Chorus: Katy Perry]
In another life
I would be your girl
We'd keep all our promises
Be us against the world
In another life
I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away
The one that got away
[Verse 3: Katy Perry]
I was June, and you were my Johnny Cash
Never one without the other, we made a pact
Sometimes when I miss you, I put those records on, woah
Someone said you had your tattoo removed
Saw you downtown, singing the blues
It's time to face the music, I'm no longer your muse

[Chorus: Katy Perry]
But in another life
I would be your girl
We'd keep all our promises
Be us against the world
In another life
I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away
The one that got away

[Post-Chorus: Katy Perry]
The one
The one
The one
The one that got away

[Verse 4: B.o.B]
I'm falling for you like dominoes
From the top of the hundredth floor
Look out below, Geronimo
Tryna get behind the closed doors to your soul
Why'd you have to end the show?
We had such a beautiful plot
There was still more story to go
Now look, I'm not insinuating that
You're some type of fair weather player
But even if the whole world falls over
I wouldn't be aware of a glacier
I just wanna see you wake up
Doin' your hair in the mirror with your makeup
Then, maybe the next lifetime, we could make up
[Chorus: Katy Perry]
In another life
I would be your girl
We'd keep all our promises
Be us against the world
In another life
I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away
The one that got away (The one that got away)

[Post-Chorus: Katy Perry]
The one (The one)
The one (The one)
The one (The one)
In another life
I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away
The one that got away