Verse 1
I built a staircase out of little wins,
One shaky step above the mess I'd been.
The sky looked brighter, colours found my eyes,
Then one more storm erased the sunrise.
I tell myself this time will be the one,
That all these battles mean I've overcome.
But every finish line just moves away,
And leaves me further back than yesterday.
Pre-Chorus
How do I keep believing,
When hope keeps changing sides?
Every time I find my footing,
The ground gives way beneath my life.
Chorus
One minute I'm climbing, the next I'm falling,
Answering echoes that nobody's calling.
Trying so hard just to prove I belong,
But somehow I'm always the one who's wrong.
I'm just a placeholder keeping your seat warm,
Holding the line through another damn storm.
An inconvenience wrapped up in skin,
Easy to love... until someone walks in.
And when somebody better finally arrives,
I'll fade like I was never in your life.
Verse 2
At work I wear a borrowed smile,
Pretending every mile is worth the miles.
I carry weight that no one ever sees,
Then apologise for needing room to breathe.
At home I trace the cracks inside my chest,
Wondering why my best's still not my best.
How can I empty every part of me,
Yet still not be enough for anyone to keep?
Bridge
Maybe I'm tired of surviving,
Mistaking pain for growth.
Maybe every scar I've gathered
Is heavier than hope.
I'm exhausted from replacing
Pieces that keep breaking free.
Every version that I fix
Feels like another loss of me.
Final Chorus
One minute I'm healing, the next I'm shattered,
Wondering if I ever really mattered.
Running in circles that never end,
Losing myself trying to fit in.
If I'm just a placeholder, tell me the truth,
Stop borrowing pieces of all that I do.
'Cause every goodbye leaves the same empty space,
Like I was just filling somebody else's place.
So if someone better is all that you need,
Go ahead and let them be everything to me.
I'll gather what's left of this worn-out heart,
Even if rebuilding means breaking apart.
Outro
Maybe tomorrow I'll stand once again...
Or maybe I'll fall before I begin.
But tonight these walls know all I couldn't say—
I'm so tired of feeling replaceable every day.
