Life On Hold

Your life is important to us.

Please remain on hold.

My degree hangs in the kitchen,

Hides a crack in the wall.

My boss says we're a family.

Mine asks why I never call.

Got a raise on Friday.

Rent went up on Monday.

They say good things take time.

They're taking all of mine.

I did everything

you told me.

Why's my life still on hold?

You keep selling me tomorrow,

But tomorrow's getting old.

Life on hold,

life on hold— Same four notes,

another year.

They say I'm going places.

Why am I still here?

Thank you for your patience.

Your future will be with you shortly.

There's a suitcase in the closet That has never seen a plane.

I keep saving for the ocean.

Then the car breaks down again.

I tell myself, "Next summer."

That's what I said last year.

I used to call it "just for now."

How long is "just for now"?

I did everything you told me.

Why's my life still on hold?

You keep selling me tomorrow,

But tomorrow's getting old.

Life on hold,

life on hold—

Same four notes,

another year. They say I'm going places.

Why am I

still here?

I don't need a penthouse,

Just a little room.

A table by the window

And an afternoon with you.

Your estimated wait time is...

Your estimated wait time is...

Your estimated wait time is...

I'd like my life back.

I did everything you told me.

Now I'm hanging up the phone.

You can keep your endless someday.

I need a night to call my own.

Life on hold, life on hold— I can hear my friends outside.

Still got rent on Monday,

But tonight is mine.

You coming?

Yeah.