Nobu for One

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Nobu for one, still saving you a seat.

Reservation under my name, split for two,
candlelight flickers like a hope I can’t undo.
Server asks if he’s running late — I just smile,
order your favorite sake, stay for a while.
Sashimi on ice, cold like the way you freeze,
every text left on read, every plea turned please.
I dressed up for nobody, heels on the tile,
but I’m practicing patience like it’s all worth the while.

My phone stays quiet, no buzz on the wood,
guess I’m the only one feeling this mood.
You said ‘be there by eight’ — now it’s half past nine,
and my pride’s the only thing left that’s on time.

Nobu for one, still saving you a seat,
chopsticks beside yours, dinner’s getting heat.
Nobu for one, but my heart’s in two —
one for me, one still waiting on you.

A couple across the room laughs in sync,
sharing rolls like secrets, too easy to think
that love’s not a gamble, that plans don’t break —
but I’m learning the price of waiting for fate.
I sip your glass too, taste the smoke and the sweet,
act like you’re here when you’re miles from me.
This table for lovers now fits only me,
and the silence is louder than jealousy.

The door don’t move, no footsteps appear,
just the hum of the city and cold sake tears.
I won’t beg for presence, I won’t play pretend —
but old love’s a habit I can’t close the end.

Nobu for one, still saving you a seat,
chopsticks beside yours, dinner’s getting heat.
Nobu for one, but my heart’s in two —
one for me, one still waiting on you.

I used to think love meant showing up slow,
that if I waited long enough, you’d finally know.
But loyalty’s not measured in minutes you’re owed —
it’s in who sits across when the moment’s exposed.

Nobu for one — I’m done saving your seat.
Chopsticks crossed over unfinished heat.
Nobu for one, and my heart’s fully mine —
one night, one soul, and I’m drawing the line.

Nobu for one… 
Yeah… I’m good alone.