Lyric

I laugh a little louder than I need to when you’re near

Just hoping you might notice me trying to appear

Like someone who could matter, standing in your light

But I’m just playing extra in the movie of your life

You say my name so casually, like anyone would do

But every time you smile, I fall further into you

I’m the understudy in a love you never wrote for me

Learning all the lines you’ll never hear or ever need

You don’t see the way my heart rehearses when you speak

Still I keep pretending I’m not breaking underneath

Cause loving you became the role I was never meant to keep

You talk about a girl you think is perfect for your world

I nod along and hide the way it twists me into curls

If honesty could save me, I’d admit it all tonight

But you’d just call me brave, not see you’re the fight

You ask me why I’m trembling, I say the room is cold

But really it’s the secret that I cannot let go

I’m the understudy in a love you never wrote for me

Learning all the lines you’ll never hear or ever need

You don’t see the way my heart rehearses when you speak

Still I keep pretending I’m not breaking underneath

Cause loving you became the role I was never meant to keep

And maybe someday you’ll discover

I was standing right beside you

But even if you never look my way

I’ll stay until the scene is through

Giving up on you would mean

Admitting every word I dreamed

Was only meant for me

I’m the understudy in a love that wasn’t meant to be

Holding every moment like a fragile fantasy

You don’t see the way I shine and shatter when you breathe

Still I keep pretending I’m not fading in the scene

Cause loving you became the role that finally broke me free