Lyric

The weather app shows a chance of rain

Fifty-fifty, I stare at the screen again

I slip a small umbrella in my bag

Always leaning toward the safer path I've had

All those flashy challenges on my feed

"That's amazing," I say, but it's not for me

In this life without a save point or a guide

I just want to avoid the errors deep inside

But I know the truth, deep down inside

Even the finger that just pressed "Send"

Is a silent prayer, a hope I hide

That this feeling reaches you, my friend

'Cause life is a quiet kind of bet

At a table where no dealer's ever met

Instead of chips, I place "my choice today"

We're all players in this game, come what may

Flipping a coin for the calendar's next page

We keep making our silent bet on life's stage

Choosing one song from a playlist on the train

Is a little gamble it won't feel out of place with the rain

And the usual latte that I buy downtown

Is a bet on that taste that won't let me down

Bigger risks are something I still dread

"Maybe someday" are the words I've always said

But I sometimes think about the other roads, it's true

The choices I didn't make, the things I didn't do

The hardest bets are in the heart, I guess

The hand you wave and gently say, "See you soon"

There's no guarantee tomorrow will say "yes"

But we wish for it beneath the morning moon

'Cause life is a quiet kind of bet

At a table where no dealer's ever met

Instead of chips, I place "my own tomorrow"

We're all players, through the joy and through the sorrow

One step toward the future I believe

We keep making our silent bet, and just breathe

The city lights all start to blur and gleam

Even you, who's never liked to play the game

And even me, the one who's timid all the same

In the end, we're all just living on a bet