[Verse 1]
I’m the girl who stays quiet
When her name’s not called
I stand in the corner
While they laugh in the hall
They all wear their gloss
And their picture-day smiles
While I keep my head down
Just trying to survive
I watch them get chosen
Again and again
And wonder what’s wrong with
My face or my skin
I shrink into silence
And they say I’m cold
But maybe it’s better
Than letting it show
---
[Chorus]
I’ve been the leftover one
The “we forgot you” girl
Not the story you tell
Or the star of your world
I’m the half-cut-out photo
The laugh that’s too loud
The one who was never
Allowed to be proud
And I smile when I’m dying
So no one will see
That I’m screaming inside
But it’s quiet in me
I’m tired of trying
When no one stays
I’ve been the leftover
Every day
---
[Verse 2]
They say I’m too heavy
With words I don’t say
They roll their eyes
When I look away
If I talk about pain
They call it a trend
But they never stayed long
Enough to pretend
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[Chorus]
I’ve been the leftover one
The last pick again
Not the secret you keep
Just the almost-friend
I’m the blurry side face
In the back of your frame
I’m not even hated —
Just never named
And I joke about hurting
To make it okay
But it doesn’t stop burning
At the end of the day
I’m tired of bleeding
Where no one looks
I’ve been the leftover
In every room
---
[Bridge] (quiet, like a whisper)
You talk about kindness
Like it’s in your hands
But you never once asked me
If I could stand
The silence. The mirrors.
The crowded air —
The feeling of being
Not even there
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[Final Chorus — soft, breaking voice]
I’ve been the leftover one
Since I was a kid
I smiled through the damage
And swallowed it in
I’m the “she was quiet”
When I’m finally gone
I’m the one you forgot
All along
And I don’t need fixing
I needed a voice
But no one gave me
Even a choice
So I sit with my silence
And swallow the sun
Still the leftover
Still no one’s one
