--- ### **[Intro – distorted guitar, driving drums]** --- ### **[Verse 1]** You only show up after midnight When every light has burned out low You know exactly what to tell me Like I'm supposed to never know I learned your pattern by heart The silence always says the same You disappear when life gets better Then come back calling out my name You say I'm "different," say I'm "special" Like that should make the waiting worth it But every compliment you gave me Came with an invisible asterisk --- ### **[Pre-Chorus]** You never chased me first. You only ran to me When someone else stopped running. --- ### **[Chorus – explosive, anthemic]** I'm done being your second place heart The one you wear when yours falls apart **You gave me all your leftovers and called it love.** Like I should be grateful that I got enough You kept me close, but never close enough Your almost-love was never really love I'm done standing in somebody else's shadow I'm done being your "if nothing else" tomorrow You don't get to lose me Then call it bad luck. --- ### **[Post-Chorus – chant]** Second place! Second choice! I finally found My own voice! No more waiting! No more scars! You don't get My heart. --- ### **[Verse 2]** I was the name inside your contacts You'd scroll to when the night got cold Never the one you'd proudly mention Never the hand you'd choose to hold You kept my hope on life support Just enough to keep me near Every "I miss you" hit different When you vanished every year I kept mistaking lonely For something that was real Now I know attention Isn't the same as how love feels --- ### **[Pre-Chorus 2]** You wanted all my patience Without giving me your time You wanted all my heart While keeping yours behind. --- ### **[Chorus]** I'm done being your second place heart The one you fixed with broken parts **You gave me all your leftovers and called it love.** But I deserve the whole thing, not the crumbs you're thinking of You loved me when it suited you Then left when brighter skies turned blue I'm done being your emergency When I deserved your certainty. --- ### **[Bridge – half-time, emotional build]** Here's the truth... I wasn't hard to choose. You just liked having someone... Who'd always choose you. But I'm not waiting At the finish line anymore. Go find another backup plan. Because this one's gone. --- ### **[Final Chorus – biggest anthem]** I'm done being your second place heart I'm done playing your favorite spare part **You gave me all your leftovers and called it love.** Now I'm leaving every piece you never thought I'd give up You had my loyalty You never had my future Someone else will meet me first Not after another failure You can keep your empty promises Your "I wasn't ready" lines I'm not your backup anymore... I'm finally choosing mine. --- ### **[Outro – guitars ringing out]** You called me your second chance. I wanted to be your first choice. There's a difference. Now... You'll have to live with it.
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