Steal The Spotlight

Verse 1

I see you every morning,

Like a scene I know by heart,

You walk in like nothing's happened,

While I play my little part.

You smile, I smile right back,

Like there's nothing underneath,

Funny how I know your every line,

But you don't know mine to keep.

I watch you steal the spotlight,

Like you were born to play,

And I wonder if you'd notice me

If I stopped looking away.

But I keep my little secret,

Tucked behind a careless grin,

You think you're just another face—

While you're the scene I'm living in.

Pre-Chorus

And maybe I'm too good at this,

Maybe that's the joke—

I'm hiding every feeling

Behind every word I spoke.

Chorus

I'm so good at pretending

You'd never guess it's you,

I laugh like I don't care,

Like I'd never notice you.

I play the girl who's unaffected,

Like my heart never skips a beat,

While you're out there playing someone else,

You're playing me without knowing me.

So let them think there's nothing,

Let them think I'm just the same,

I'll wear my best performance

And never give away your name.

'Cause you're the role I never asked for,

The line I can't undo—

I'm acting like you're no one,

While my whole world's about you.

Verse 2

You tell your stories on the stage,

And everybody cheers,

You make them fall for characters

You've only known for years.

And I sit there in the shadows,

Clapping like the rest,

While hiding all the little ways

You still live inside my head.

It's almost kind of funny,

How convincing I can be—

I can look you in the eyes

And make you believe there's nothing.

My friends ask, "Is there someone?"

I just laugh and say, "Not yet."

If only they could hear my thoughts,

They'd know how wrong they get.

Bridge

Maybe I'll always have this hope,

Even knowing where it ends,

A little "maybe someday"

That I never let descend.

And maybe you will never know

The part you played in me—

How loving you from far away

Changed who I learned to be.

Final Chorus

I'm so good at pretending

You'd never guess it's you,

I laugh like I don't care,

Like I'd never notice you.

I play the girl who's unaffected,

And I swear I've learned the lines—

But every time you look my way,

I lose them every time.

So let them think there's nothing,

Let them call it just a scene,

I'll keep you as my secret

In the space between the screens.

You're the role I can't stop playing,

Just another scene to you—

And maybe that's my best performance:

Acting like I don't love you.

(softly)

When every part of me...

still does.