Work Text:
Tomorrow ("Just wait, Cyn!")
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[Cynthia]
Empty house
Remember when we bought it?
Said "Cyn, don't get attached now.
It's not forever, dear."
Empty house
Remember how you promised?
Said "Cyn, I mean it, honest,
I'll take the time next year."
Empty spouse
With his empty Scouser eyes
Watching telly as he lies
In the next room over
Getting high on I don't want to know
But it's fine, 'cause
When I ask he goes:
"Tomorrow." That's what he said
Tomorrow, might make it out of bed
Tomorrow, he'll forget again
Like he's done since when…
And I know he's got a lot on his plate,
Oh I know, it's not his fault he works late,
But I'm so ready to quit suspending my happy ending.
Tomorrow, he'll ignore me some more
Tomorrow, he'll leave, slam the door
Tomorrow, his son will wonder why
His dad didn't say "Hi."
"Just wait, Cyn! I'm busy with the band."
"Just wait, Cyn! Can't call from Japan."
I'm wasting away, Weybridge unmanned
In our Nowhere Land
Remind myself to be
Grateful you didn't leave
Spared me the life of a fallen woman.
It was living in sin
Or existing as Cyn
Made me a wife, cleansed the name you shorten.
You made me someone
Who falls asleep in an empty bed,
But when I wake up…
Tomorrow, this all will pay off
Tomorrow, said he might get me off
Tomorrow, that is everything's just right
But this isn't his night.
[John]
Just wait, Cyn. I'm always so tired.
Wait, Cyn.
[Cynthia]
He sleeps or he's wired!
[John]
Wait, Cyn, till all of this dies down.
Oh, but I can't right now.
[Cynthia]
It seems to me you've stopped trying to know me
But perhaps you've just postponed that too.
It's clear to see you think you've outgrown me.
But dear, you can't tie your own shoes.
And never even once
Did you manage your own fears
I was pregnant for nine months
But I've been with child for eight years.
In my empty house
With my empty spouse
Empty bed when I wake up
But he said he'd make it up
Tomorrow, I've never seen
Tomorrow, an empty dream
Tomorrow, tomorrow never knows
Where all our time goes.