[Intro] Mmm… yeah… I see you… I hear you… [Verse 1] You always got somewhere to be A meeting, a moment, a reason to leave But funny how the urgent never seems to end And funny how you find the time for everything but then… I used to rearrange my whole day Just to fit inside the margins of your maybe Told myself that busy people still love deep But love don’t put you on a waiting list to sleep [Pre-Chorus] Time is never lost — it’s placed And everything you value finds a space So when you say you’re busy, I just smile and nod ’Cause now I know exactly where I stand [Chorus] Chances are… I’m busy Means I’m somewhere on the list Not at the top, not forgotten Just… somewhere in the mix Chances are… I’m busy Means you’re optional, baby Not a priority Just… optional, maybe [Verse 2] You texted back at 11 PM Said sorry, long day, how you been? And I felt myself light up — how embarrassing That crumbs from you still felt like something I watched you move mountains for other things Rearrange your schedule, answer on the first ring Not asking for the world, just a rightful place But optional people learn to take what’s left of space [Pre-Chorus] Time is never lost — it’s placed And everything you value finds a space So when I say I get it now, I really do I’m just not the thing you make the time to choose [Chorus] Chances are… I’m busy Means I’m somewhere on the list Not at the top, not forgotten Just… somewhere in the mix Chances are… I’m busy Means you’re optional, baby Not a priority Just… optional, maybe [Bridge] See, busy isn’t a schedule Busy is a story About what matters enough To interrupt the ordinary And I interrupted nothing I fit in the spaces in between I was convenient, not chosen And there’s a difference, you see Convenient shows up when it’s easy Chosen shows up in the hard Convenient keeps you at a distance Chosen lets you past the guard [Chorus] Chances are… I’m busy Means I’m somewhere on the list Not at the top, not forgotten Just… somewhere in the mix Chances are… I’m busy Means you’re optional, baby Not a priority Just… optional, maybe [Outro] Optional taught me something though My time is valuable too And now I only spend it Where I’m not optional to you Mmm… Not optional… Not optional to you… And most importantly, remember you are extraordinary.
