The protagonist

VERSE 1]

You fell for a girl who gets it right

The kind of love I never learned in time

Your smile’s a kind I forgot you had

She’s everything I’m not

And maybe that’s not so bad

(I guess not)

I was never really good enough

For you, for me, for anyone

And I can’t even blame you

’Cause I wouldn’t pick me either

A pathological people pleaser

I am not the protagonist, In our love story

Just a bitter narcissist, Scared of being lonely

Now I’m on the sidelines

Watching you leave

For someone bright

I will never be the one

No matter how hard I try

'Cause I'm not the protagonist

In this story

I asked for more than I was cast to play

Forgot I wasn’t the lead anyway

And I couldn’t even cry

When she took what was mine

You were always meant

For a better life

I was never really good enough

For you, for me, for anyone

And I can’t even blame you

’Cause I wouldn’t pick me either

A pathological people pleaser

I am not the protagonist, Of your love story

Just a selfish egoist, Who lost everything

Now I’m on the sidelines

With tears in my eyes

And a kiss goodbye

I will never be the one

No matter how hard I try

Cause I'm not the protagonist

In this story

(Interlude)

(and I’m starting to wonder if I ever was alive)

I watched the world move

While I stayed still

They said, “You’ll bloom”

But I never will

She’s your happy ending

While I fade into setting

Smiling through the pain

I am not the protagonist

In our love story

Just a bitter narcissist

Scared of being lonely

So roll the credits

Say her name

While mine

Fades away