Lana Del Rey - The Other Woman (lyrics) Today

She knew the rules of this dance. She was the one who kept her hair in perfect, mahogany waves, never a strand out of place. She was the one who wore the perfume that lingered on his skin long after he’d returned to the house with the manicured lawn and the tire swing.

The streetlights in the hills didn't glow; they shimmered like damp pearls against the velvet black of the canyon. Lana sat in the back of the town car, her lace gloved fingers tracing the condensation on the window. She wasn't going home. She was going to the hotel room that smelled of expensive cologne and a life that didn’t belong to her. Lana Del Rey - The Other Woman (Lyrics)

She walked into the lobby, a hauntingly beautiful ghost in a world of solid things. He would tell her she was perfect tonight. He would tell her she was the only one who truly understood him. And she would smile, play the part, and let the jazz music drown out the sound of her own heart breaking for a life she would never be allowed to touch. She knew the rules of this dance

She thought of the woman waiting in that other house. That woman was likely wearing an old t-shirt, her hair pulled back in a messy knot, surrounded by the beautiful, exhausting chaos of a shared history. That woman had the arguments about the mortgage and the messy kitchen, but she also had the right to scream, to cry, and to be seen in the harsh light of morning. The streetlights in the hills didn't glow; they