LOnely MEin
Snow Covered Streets
[Verse 1]
There's a bowl of noodles cooling on this table
Steam rising like questions I don't ask
The waitress knows my order by heart now
She smiles but doesn't linger, doesn't laugh
I watch the couple by the window sharing
Chopsticks crossing, hands that almost touch
They're splitting one dish like it's communion
Maybe I've been thinking about this too much
[Chorus]
But someday I'll have someone
To pass the soy sauce to
Someone who knows how I take it
Someone who stays when the meal is through
I'm learning how to be patient
How to sit with what I lack
One day I won't be the woman
Eating lo mein, facing back
[Verse 2]
I used to bring a book to hide behind
Now I just sit and let the loneliness breathe
There's something honest in this quiet aching
Something like strength in what I don't need
The couple's leaving now, his hand's on her shoulder
I turn my attention to what's on my plate
These noodles taste like possibility
Like maybe being alone's not quite the same as fate
[Chorus]
'Cause someday I'll have someone
To pass the soy sauce to
Someone who knows how I take it
Someone who stays when the meal is through
I'm learning how to be patient
How to sit with what I lack
One day I won't be the woman
Eating lo mein, facing back
[Bridge]
And if that day never comes
I'll still have learned to savor this
The bite and salt and warmth of it
The way it fills me, what it is
Not waiting, just becoming
Someone who can be enough
[Chorus]
But someday I'll have someone
To pass the soy sauce to
Someone who knows how I take it
Someone who stays when the meal is through
I'm not just being patient
I'm finding what I have
More than just the woman
Eating lo mein, facing back
[Outro]
There's a bowl of noodles steaming on this table
And I'm here
And that's enough for now
Versions
LOnely MEin (Version A)
Snow Covered Streets
Version A
LOnely MEin (Version B)
Snow Covered Streets
Version B