Standing Solo

Verse 1

You struck a match against my ribs with just your gaze

Called me your miracle your lucky little find

Each word you spoke built scaffolding around my name

I thought I held the lead in some romantic play

Pre-Chorus

You wrote me lines that rang so painfully true

I memorized each one gave every scene to you

Chorus

I was the understudy waiting in the dark

Wearing her old dresses mouthing all her lines

You held me close in practice kept her deep inside

The final bow revealed my only part was standing solo

Post-Chorus

Solo solo

Just standing solo

Verse 2

You arrived quicker than a storm rolls off the coast

Charm wore a costume stitched with always and with mine

Each present was a spotlight every kiss a staged embrace

I confused your mirror image for a warmth I never had

Pre-Chorus

You wrote me lines that rang so painfully true

I memorized each one gave every scene to you

Chorus

I was the understudy waiting in the dark

Wearing her old dresses mouthing all her lines

You held me close in practice kept her deep inside

The final bow revealed my only part was standing solo

Post-Chorus

Solo solo

Just standing solo

Bridge

Her voice still bounces off these bare and hollow rooms

She pulled the strings she called each cue

I built a life from kindling that was never mine to hold

A fire dies in moments leaving ash and just a name

Spoken Word Bridge

There is a point you understand

The clapping was for someone else

You were the warm-up for a love that walked out long ago

He said my name the way you say a placeholder

Holding space for someone else to come back home

I gave you my first night

You handed me her final scene

But every woman learns her strength inside another's shadow first

I will not read from words that never belonged to me

Final Chorus

I am walking off the understudy stage tonight

Writing my own ending holding my own flame

I traded borrowed parts for something finally mine

Standing in the center on my own timeline

Post-Chorus

Mine mine

On my own timeline

Mine mine

On my own timeline