[Verse 1]
Folded note
Crushed in my fist
One more “no”
I don’t exist
I’m the extra seat
At the sold-out show
Always last to hear
“It’s time to go”
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been staring at the ceiling
Like it’s got something to say
Every crack
Every shadow
Spells out “go away”
[Chorus]
Left behind at the back row
Like my name’s not on the door
Every “sorry
It’s not you”
Cuts a little more
But I’m still breathing in this echo
Of every time I wasn’t picked
I’m not nothing
I’m not zero
I’m a heart they haven’t heard yet
[Verse 2]
Old yearbook
Dog-eared page
Their bright smiles
My blank space
I was always there
But never seen
Like a backup ghost
In someone else’s dream
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been weighing every silence
Like it’s proof I don’t belong
But there’s thunder in my ribcage
Dying to be strong (yeah)
[Chorus]
Left behind at the back row
Like my name’s not on the door
Every “sorry
It’s not you”
Cuts a little more
But I’m still breathing in this echo
Of every time I wasn’t picked
I’m not nothing
I’m not zero
I’m a heart they haven’t heard yet
[Bridge]
So here’s to every “never mind”
Every turned and walking spine
Every door that hit my face
I’ll carve my name into the frame
If I’m the joke
I’ll be the punchline
If I’m the stain
I’ll be the skyline
If I’m the spark they brushed aside
I’ll be the fire they can’t hide (hey!)
[Chorus]
Left behind at the back row
But I’m standing in the flame
Every “you’re just not enough”
Fueled the letters of my name
I’m done shrinking in the shadow
Of the ones who never stayed
I’m not nothing
I’m not zero
I’m the storm they should’ve faced
[Chorus]
Left behind at the back row
Now I’m roaring from the stage
All the ashes of rejection
Turned to armor on my frame
If you’re bleeding in that echo
Thinking you don’t mean a thing
You’re not nothing
You’re not zero
You’re the reason that I sing (yeah)