Crumbs I

Hook

He gets the cake, I get the crumbs on the plate

(crumbs on the plate)

He gets the goodnight, I get "babe, I'll be late"

(I'll be late)

He gets the ring and the house and the plans

I get an hour and whatever's left in her hands

(left in her hands)

Verse

I get her Wednesdays, one till half past two

He gets the weekends and the holidays too

She checks her watch before the tea's even hot

Says "later, babe", and later's my slot

(later's my slot)

He gets the parents, the photos on the wall

I get the gaps in the diary, if I get any at all

Christmas is his, New Year's is his

Boxing Day's mine so I take what there is

Nobody's met me, I'm not on the list

I'm "the meeting that ran over", that's how I exist

(how I exist)

Hook

He gets the cake, I get the crumbs on the plate

(crumbs on the plate)

He gets the goodnight, I get "babe, I'll be late"

(I'll be late)

He gets the ring and the house and the plans

I get an hour and whatever's left in her hands

(left in her hands)

Verse

My mates say "leave her", and I tell them "I will"

Then the days go by and I'm waiting here still

They call me a spare and I swear that I'm fine

Then I'm counting the minutes as if they were mine

I clocked she was married the first night at the bar

It didn't matter, I followed it this far

So I can't really moan about the size of the slice

I chose the crumbs, I just never checked the price

(never checked the price)

She says "it's complicated" and I nod like I'm wise

Nah, it's simple: I'm the secret and he's the prize

He gets the mortgage, the in-laws, the rows

I get the scraps when her schedule allows

(if it allows)

Refrain

Crumbs, crumbs, I say thank you for crumbs

(thank you for crumbs)

Couple of bites and I act like it's enough

(act like it's enough)

Rhodes Solo

Verse

I sit in the car till the moment she said

Checking the mirror, the speech in my head

I promise myself "it's over, I'm done"

Then she asks "next week?" and I'm back at square one

I've seen the pattern, I can guess how it ends

I clear my calendar, I cancel on friends

I claim I'm not going while I'm already there

Keys in the ignition, engine running, nowhere

I could end it tonight, I could make a clean break

Instead I help her polish the lie for his sake

I hate that I've learned her timetable by heart

And I take it as though it was meant from the start

He gets the life, I get the odd bit of time

And I show up like I'm next in the line

Breakdown

"Later, babe"

(later)

"Later, babe"

(later)

And later never turns into now

(into now)

She gets the both of us somehow

Hook

Truth is, his cake ain't as fresh as it looks

(fresh as it looks)

He gets her tired, I get a lunch that she books

Two of us on crumbs, and she's the only one full

(only one full)

And I'm stuck at the table with my palm out, a fool

Outro

Same deal again

(see you then)

I know what I'm doing

I just don't stop

[Spoken] "Created by DarkPrincess -- Royalty of the night"