Option 3
Well it’s quiet in the room
Like they’ve just been told
about the things that can happen
when you get old
I was caught in the hallway
between the stairs and front door
The look that you gave me
made me curse at the floor
But I didn’t put it together
until much later on
when I saw you with him
and what was going on
What you said with your eyes
and blew cigarette smoke
in a way meant to be funny
but I saw through your joke
To your burning decision
fearing being left behind
To leave or to go with him
And neither option you find
as something you want
So you hope for a third
But it doesn’t exist
But it’s the one you’ve been sold
Yet this is real life
and you just can’t hit pause
So it’s high stakes poker, high roller
and one where you’re clutching at straws
So you’ll sit here and wait
watching time pass you by
Desperate for option 3 to turn up
but will you know it when it arrives?
Like they’ve just been told
about the things that can happen
when you get old
I was caught in the hallway
between the stairs and front door
The look that you gave me
made me curse at the floor
But I didn’t put it together
until much later on
when I saw you with him
and what was going on
What you said with your eyes
and blew cigarette smoke
in a way meant to be funny
but I saw through your joke
To your burning decision
fearing being left behind
To leave or to go with him
And neither option you find
as something you want
So you hope for a third
But it doesn’t exist
But it’s the one you’ve been sold
Yet this is real life
and you just can’t hit pause
So it’s high stakes poker, high roller
and one where you’re clutching at straws
So you’ll sit here and wait
watching time pass you by
Desperate for option 3 to turn up
but will you know it when it arrives?
