Second Option
Choosing Freedom: Resisting Second Best
Lyrics
I don't wanna be your second option
I want to be your first choice, not a backup.
I don't wanna be your after thought
I don't want to feel like an afterthought in your priorities.
I don't wanna know the plans you make
I don't want to be aware of plans that don't involve me.
If they're not with me then call 'em off, call 'em off
If your plans exclude me, cancel them.
I've been alone on a Sunday, baby
I've experienced loneliness on Sundays.
I've been alone on a Monday
I've felt alone on Mondays as well.
I've been alone too many days, baby
There have been too many days of solitude.
Don't you ever doubt it when I learn to live without it
Believe that I can cope without you when I learn to live without your presence.
I'll be gone, gone
When I achieve independence, I'll be gone.
I don't wanna know where you'll be going
I don't want to be informed about your future whereabouts.
I don't wanna see the clothes you wear
Your choice of clothing is not of interest to me.
I don't wanna hear the fuss you make
I don't want to hear about the commotion you create, especially if it doesn't involve me.
If it's not for me then I don't care, I don't care
If it's not related to me, I don't care.
I've been alone on a Sunday, baby
I've experienced loneliness on Sundays (reiteration).
I've been alone on a Monday
I've felt alone on Mondays (reiteration).
I've been alone too many days, baby
There have been too many days of solitude (reiteration).
Don't you ever doubt it when I learn to live without it
Believe that I can cope without you when I learn to live without your presence (reiteration).
I'll be gone, gone, gone
When I achieve independence, I'll be gone (reiteration).
The leaves on the trees are lonely
The natural elements express loneliness (symbolic metaphor).
The stars wanna shine
The stars desire to shine (symbolic metaphor).
If you don't care let go of me
If you are indifferent, release me.
Too cruel to be kind, cruel to be kind
Choosing to be unkind for the sake of being kind is too harsh.
And I don't wanna hang on your pretty hook
I don't want to be emotionally invested in you.
I don't wanna wait another day
I don't want to wait for you any longer.
I'm the biggest fish in your shallow water
In your shallow emotional depth, I am the most significant presence.
Always be the one who got away, got away
I will always be the one who escapes your grasp.
I've been alone on Sunday, baby
I've experienced loneliness on Sundays (reiteration).
I've been alone on a Monday
I've felt alone on Mondays (reiteration).
I've been alone too many days, baby
There have been too many days of solitude (reiteration).
Don't you ever doubt it when I learn to live without it
Believe that I can cope without you when I learn to live without your presence (reiteration).
I'll be gone, gone, gone
When I achieve independence, I'll be gone (reiteration).
And I've been alone on Sunday, baby
I've experienced loneliness on Sundays (reiteration).
I've been alone on a Monday
I've felt alone on Mondays (reiteration).
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